For Michael Acton Smith, a better business begins with a calmer mind. As Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Calm, the mental wellness app known for its guided meditations and sleep stories, Smith is proving that emotional clarity and mindfulness are not just personal assets—they’re entrepreneurial essentials. After years of nonstop hustle across multiple startups, he hit a personal low marked by fatigue and stress…
Jesse Levinson won’t declare victory just yet, not even when his team’s AI is already performing at superhuman levels. Instead, he focuses on measurable improvement. At Zoox, the autonomous mobility company he co-founded and now serves as Chief Technology Officer, Levinson is leading a new era of transportation defined by clean, safe, bidirectional electric vehicles built specifically for riders. “We never say we’re done,” he explains…
For Nirav Tolia, digital growth doesn’t always mean faster—it can mean closer, too. As CEO, President, and Co-Founder of Nextdoor, Tolia has built a platform rooted in the hyperlocal, proving that slow, deliberate growth can unlock widespread impact. Under his leadership, Nextdoor has resisted the viral-growth-at-all-costs trend, focusing instead on authenticity, quality, and neighborhood-by-neighborhood expansion…
Jeremy Stoppelman knew he was onto something when a cold kept him searching online for a decent doctor and finding nothing helpful. That frustration sparked the idea for Yelp, now a household name with millions relying on it to discover local businesses. As CEO and co-founder, Stoppelman has led Yelp from its early beta days through a successful IPO, personally overseeing product development and shaping the platform’s consumer-first approach…
Andrew Macdonald, President and Chief Operating Officer at Uber, joined the company for a simple reason: he liked the product and wanted to help build it. That instinct, grounded in user experience rather than foresight, proved transformative. Today, he oversees all of Uber’s global business operations across Mobility and Delivery, including cross-platform initiatives like advertising and autonomous vehicles…
Heather Rim believes the most meaningful leadership happens when others are empowered to lead too. Now Chief Marketing Officer at Optiv, a leading cybersecurity solutions provider, Rim is widely recognized for building brands that drive results and for her steadfast commitment to advocacy. At Optiv, she leads marketing and communications strategy while also serving as executive sponsor of both the firm’s ESG program and the Optiv Women’s Network…
RWE and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have signed a Strategic Framework Agreement that aims to accelerate the clean energy transition while meeting the growing electricity demands of the digital economy. The partnership builds on a series of Power Purchase Agreements between the two companies, which already account for 1.1 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity in the U.S…
Chief People Officer Divya Ghatak at SentinelOne is reshaping how tech companies measure progress by anchoring inclusion as a business priority. Rather than treating diversity as an initiative, she views it as a strategic engine for growth. Under her leadership, SentinelOne achieved a 16% year-over-year increase in women’s representation at top management, bringing the total to 39%…
As co-founder and CEO of Toast, the cloud-based platform reshaping restaurant operations, Aman Narang understands the importance of articulating the “why” behind every decision, especially as the company has grown to more than 2,500 employees. Originally launched as a side project to speed up bill payments at restaurants, Toast evolved when Narang and his co-founders recognized a deeper gap: restaurants were still tethered to clunky, on-premise systems…
As Chief Product and Technology Officer at monday.com, Daniel Lereya pushes his teams to think beyond constraints and commit to audacious goals—like building 25 features in a single month. Rather than tracking outputs, Lereya centers his leadership on impact, insisting that each release must solve a real business problem. Under his direction, the company has embraced radical transparency, sharing real-time business metrics with all employees, even job candidates fostering accountability at every level…
