Evan Spiegel founded Snap Inc. (formerly Snapchat Inc) with his Stanford classmates Reggie Brown and Bobby Murphy in 2011. His social media company runs four products including Snapchat, Bitmoji, Zenly, and Spectacles. The Snapchat CEO Evan was offered 3 billion USD for his photo and video sharing social media channel by Facebook in 2013. But […]

Founders Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert started TripAdvisor Inc. in 2000. Stephen assumed the positions of President and CEO at the company. Today, Trip Advisor is a publicly listed company and Liberty Media is the owner of it with 13.7% stake. As TripAdvisor CEO, Stephen has been successful in extending his company’s reach to 30 […]

Richard D. Fairbank and Nigel Morris are the two Founders of Capital One Financial Corporation, the American banking and financial services company that deals in credit cards, banking, savings, and auto loans. Richard is company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer too. Capital One CEO Richard Fairbank is a billionaire and a renowned American businessman. He […]

Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., is serving American non-for profit financial services organization TIAA as President and CEO since 2008. The company owns for-profit subsidiaries and offers investment and insurance in the field of medicine, culture, education, and research. TIAA CEO Roger Ferguson is recognized for helping the company to retain its strong financial position in […]

In 2009, Jeff Weiner became the Chief Executive Officer of business networking site LinkedIn, filling the void left by Dan Nye. LinkedIn CEO Jeff is best known for spearheading Microsoft’s acquisition of the company for 26 billion USD in 2016. A strong supporter of the concept of compassionate leadership, he has been one of the […]

The Swedish billionaire Daniel Ek founded his on-demand music streaming and sharing service platform Spotify with business partner Martin Lorentzon in April 2006. Daniel is the Chairman and CEO of the company today. Spotify CEO Daniel can be a media shy person, but his agility and business sense makes him stand out from the crowd. […]

Herbert Diess joined the largest European automaker Volkswagen Group as its Chairman and CEO in 2018 after the sudden departure of Matthias Mueller. As Volkswagen CEO Herbert’s primary focus is on brand building. He is considered to be ambitious and relentless cost-cutter. Before he joined VW, he served BMW as the Chief Executive Officer. (Recommended […]

After Richard Clark’s retirement, Kenneth Frazier took over the reins of American biopharmaceutical company Merck & Co. as CEO and Chairman. Merck, a pharmaceutical behemoth worldwide, was originally a subsidiary of Merck Group. But it became independent in 1917 and is known by the name Merck in the United States and Canada. Merck CEO Kenneth […]

Brian Cornell (Brian C. Cornell) became the CEO and Chairman of one of the leading retailers in the US, namely Target, in 2014 after the exit of Gregg Steinhafel. When he joined the company, he brought with himself three decades of rich experience of the retail and consumer products business along with the understanding of […]

Elie Seidman became Tinder CEO by replacing Greg Blatt in January 2018. A technology veteran, Elie is best known for his entrepreneurial spirit and rich career background that gives him an edge over others. He is confident that Tinder will continue to do well even after Facebook, the social networking company, enters the dating space. […]

In 2011, Tim Cook or Timothy Donald Cook became the CEO of the leading American tech company Apple Inc. that was valued at 300 billion USD. Today, under his aegis, the company can potentially become 1 trillion dollar worth. After the death of Apple’s co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, Tim has been leading the […]

Andrew W. Drew Houston has become a well-known name within the tech circle for his cloud storage company Dropbox that he started in January 2007. In his entrepreneurial dream, the Dropbox CEO Drew Houston was joined by Co-founder Arash Ferdowski, a MIT student, who dropped out of his college to assist him.  With his Cofounder […]

Deep Kalra, the MakeMyTrip Founder, is a go-getter. The proof lies in the fact that MakeMyTrip.com was launched in 2000 and the subsequent year, the world faced double whammy in the form of Internet meltdown and World Trade Center attack. The same year, i.e. in 2001, India witnessed slide in VC investments. But Kalra did […]

Mark Parker took charge of the American sportswear firm, Nike, Inc., as CEO from the former head Phil Knight in 2006. Nike CEO Mark Parker began his career as footwear designer and went on to become company’s Vice President, General Manager, President, and Chairman. In 2018, he was named ‘Retail Person Of The Year’ by […]