Don Peebles is a noted American millionaire, real estate entrepreneur, author, national media commentator, and political leader. He is the founder, CEO, and chairman of The Peebles Corporation founded in 1983. He is known as the most successful African American CEO according to Forbes. In addition, he was named as one of the “Business Trailblazers and Titans of Black America: 40 most powerful African Americans in business” in April 2005.
Stephen Scherr is a popular American Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Hertz. He is also a member of the company’s Board of Directors since February 2022. He serves on the board of the New York Stem Cell Foundation and the Jewish Museum in New York. Stephen is also a member of The Council on Foreign Relations.
Joe Kiani is a well-known Iranian-American entrepreneur. He has been the co-inventor of Masimo SET® technology since 1989. The firm has been called “modern pulse oximetry” a SET® revolutionized how clinicians measure this “fifth vital sign”. He also founded the Patient Safety Movement Foundation in 2012. In addition, he founded the Masimo Foundation for Ethics, Innovation, and Competition in Healthcare.
David Risher is a prominent American businessman and philanthropist. Currently, he works at a non-profit organization, Worldreader as the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder. The organization aims to get children reading so they can reach their potential. Furthermore, David is also the co-founder of #HalfMyDAF. Its goal is to motivate more philanthropic giving.
Glenn Kelman is a popular American businessman and investor who is the CEO of Redfin. In 2022, he starred in his first ever reality TV show, “Buy My House,” streaming on Netflix, similar to “Shark Tank.” Before joining Redfin, Glenn was a co-founder of Plumtree Software, a Sequoia-backed, publicly traded company that created the enterprise portal software market.
Tony Xu is a popular Chinese-American billionaire businessman who is the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of DoorDash. Co-founders Andy Fang and Stanley Tang, whom Tony met while they were all studying at Stanford, own about 4% each. DoorDash had its IPO in December 2020 making Tony’s net worth an estimated $2.8 billion as of April 2021. In addition to DoorDash’s board of directors, Tony is a board member of the Silicon Valley Chinese Association Foundation and an executive council member of TechNet. In January 2022, he joined the board of directors of Meta Platforms.
Jason Liberty is a well-known President and Chief Executive Officer for Royal Caribbean Group. The firm consists of three global cruise brands, Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea Cruises. Previously, Liberty was responsible for Finance, Strategy, Shared Service Operations, Legal, Technology, Silversea Cruises, and the TUI Cruises and Hapag-Lloyd Joint Venture. In addition before Royal Caribbean Group, he was a senior manager with the accounting firm KPMG LLP.
Chris Kubasik ( Full Name: Christopher E. “Chris” Kubasik) is a popular American chair and chief executive officer of L3Harris Technologies, a provider of global ISR, communications and networked systems, and electronic systems for military, homeland security, and commercial aviation customers. In this role, Chris is responsible for leading the execution of L3Harris’s strategic growth objectives. He joined L3 Technologies in October 2015. On July 19, 2017, the L3 Board elected Chris to the role of CEO and president, and to the Board of Directors effective January 1, 2018.
David Ricks is a well-known American serving as chair and chief executive officer of Eli Lilly and Company. He was appointed as chair of the firm’s board effective June 2017. From 2012 to 2016, he worked as president of Lilly Bio-Medicines. Ricks first joined the firm in 1996 as a business development associate. In addition, he held several management roles in U.S. marketing and sales before moving into international leadership positions.
Peter Rawlinson is a popular British engineer based in California who is the chief executive officer and chief technology officer of Lucid Motors. He is also known for his work as Chief Engineer of the Tesla Model S and the Lucid Air. As CEO, he is responsible for all strategic and business aspects of the company.
