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Kevin Mayer ( Full Name: Kevin A. Mayer ) is a famous American business executive who is the co-founder and co-CEO of Candle Media. He co-founded Candle Media in 2021 with Tom Staggs. Previously, Kevin worked briefly as the CEO of TikTok and the COO of its parent company ByteDance Ltd.

Arielle Zuckerberg is a popular American General Partner at Long Journey Ventures. She joined Long Journey Ventures in February 2022. She is also known as the youngest sister of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Arielle is also a Board Member at Unsupervised and Mason. She joined Coatue in May 2018 to help spearhead an early-stage fund alongside Matt Mazzeo, Yanda Erlich, and Matt Mulvey — a major departure for the growth-stage investor and hedge fund. 

Elaine Andriejanssen is a popular Indonesian-Chinese businesswoman and financial analyst, is well known as the wife of Eduardo Saverin, a Brazilian entrepreneur and angel investor who became one of the co-founders of Facebook. She is also an Executive Chairman at EE Capital. In 2009, she was Miss Singapore Universe.

Holden Karnofsky is a popular American nonprofit executive who is the co-founder and Director of AI Strategy of the research and grantmaking organization Open Philanthropy. He also co-founded the charity evaluator GiveWell with Elie Hassenfeld in 2007 and is vice chair of its board of directors. Following graduating, Holden served at Bridgewater Associates, an investment management fund based in Westport, Connecticut.

Sean Parker is a popular American entrepreneur and philanthropist known for co-founding the file-sharing computer service Napster and working as the first president of the social networking website Facebook. He is also the co-founder of Plaxo, Causes, Airtime.com, and Brigade, an online platform for civic engagement. Sean is the founder and chairman of the Parker Foundation, which focuses on life sciences, global public health, as well as civic engagement.

Eduardo Saverin ( Full Name: Eduardo Luiz Saverin) is a popular Brazilian billionaire entrepreneur and angel investor based in Singapore who is one of the co-founders of Facebook. He is currently the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of B Capital Group. In 2012, Eduardo owned 53 million Facebook shares (approximately 2% of all outstanding shares), valued at approximately $2 billion at the time. Eduardo also invested in early-stage startups such as Qwiki and Jumio.

Divya Narendra is a popular American businessman who is the CEO and co-founder of SumZero along with Harvard classmate Aalap Mahadevia. In 2004 Divya also co-founded HarvardConnection (afterward renamed ConnectU) with Harvard University classmates Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss. His journey from Harvard, where he co-founded ConnectU, to his current role as CEO and co-founder of SumZero has been fascinating.

Ryan Roslansky is a popular American entrepreneur who has been the chief executive officer (CEO) of LinkedIn, a business-related social networking website, since June 2020 stepping up from his previous role as Senior Vice President. He began with LinkedIn in 2009 and was instrumental in the $1.5 billion acquisition of Lynda.com in 2015, the largest acquisition in LinkedIn’s history at that time. In 2021, Ryan was named to the Forbes CEO Next list.

Demis Hassabis is a popular British artificial intelligence researcher and entrepreneur who is the co-founder and chief executive officer of DeepMind. He is also a co-founder of Isomorphic Labs and a UK Government AI Advisor. Demis is Vice President of Engineering at Google DeepMind and leads Google’s general AI efforts In his early career Demis was a video game AI programmer and designer, and an expert board games player.

Rachael Rapinoe ( Full Name: Rachael Elizabeth Rapinoe) is a popular American retired soccer player who played as a midfielder and forward. She is now the founder and CEO of Mendi, a PNW-based company focused on plant-based CBD products to empower busy and active lifestyles with head-to-toe recovery. Rachael played for Stjarnan Women in Iceland and the United States women’s national under-23 and under-21 soccer teams.