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Patrick G Jackson ( Full Name: Patrick Graves Jackson) is a popular American surgeon and physician who is well known as the husband of Ketanji Brown Jackson a lawyer and jurist who is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He now works as a chief of gastrointestinal surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and an associate professor of surgery at Georgetown University.

Tia Blanco (Full name: Tiarah Lue Blanco) is a popular American professional surfer from San Clemente, California. She won the first-place gold medal in 2015 at the International Surfing Association (ISA) Open Women’s World Surfing Championship in Popoyo, Nicaragua and effectively defended the title by winning the 2016 edition in Playa Jacó, Costa Rica. Tia is a vegan and promotes the lifestyle. She has appeared in MTV’s The Challenge: Champs vs. Pros and in commercials.

Aerin Lauder ( Full Name: Aerin Rebecca Lauder Zinterhofer) is a popular American billionaire heiress and businesswoman who is the style and image director for the Estée Lauder Companies and owns a cosmetic, perfume, fashion, and furniture line named AERIN. She also owns a furniture and accessories collection. Aerin owns 16 million shares in the Estée Lauder Companies making her worth $2.7 billion as of 2019 and ranking her 319 on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans.

Hester Peirce (Full Name: Hester Maria Peirce) is a popular American lawyer who has worked as a Commissioner on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) since January 11, 2018. Before, Hester worked as the director of the Financial Markets Working Group at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center. She was confirmed by the United States Senate in December 2017 to replace a Republican vacancy in the SEC. Hester was sworn in on January 11, 2018, for a term ending in 2020, and her second term expires in 2025. She is a retired staff member of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and of the SEC.

Vitalik Buterin is a well-known Russian-Canadian computer programmer. He is a co-founder of Ethereum. He was involved with cryptocurrency early in its inception and co-founded Bitcoin Magazine in 2011. In addition, he began the Ethereum blockchain with Dimitry Buterin, Gavin Wood, Charles Hoskinson, Anthony Di Iorio, and Joseph Lubin in 2014.

Andre Cronje is a well-known South African software developer and entrepreneur. He has been working as director of Fantom Foundation since November 2022. Before, he was a DeFi Architect at Ethereum from January 2020 to February 2022. Cronje has also worked on several other cryptocurrency and DeFi projects, including Keep3r Network, Deriswap, and Cream Finance. In addition, he created the Yearn Finance protocol.

Changpeng Zhao commonly known as CZ, is a popular Chinese-born Canadian businessman, investor, and software engineer who is the co-founder and CEO of Binance, the globe’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume as of July 2022. As per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Changpeng was ranked the 136th-wealthiest person in the world, with a net worth estimated at $13.1 billion as of December 2022.

Vinod Khosla is a popular Indian-American businessman and venture capitalist who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems and the founder of Khosla Ventures. He made his wealth from early venture capital investments in areas including networking, software, and alternative energy technologies. Vinod is considered one of the most successful and influential venture capitalists. In 2014, Forbes counted Vinod among the 400 wealthiest people in the United States. In 2021, Vinod was ranked 92nd on the Forbes 400 list.

Patrick Collison is a popular Irish billionaire entrepreneur who is the co-founder and CEO of Stripe, which he began with his younger brother, John Collison, in 2010. He received the 41st Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in 2005 at the age of sixteen. In 2020, Patrick founded Fast Grants to accelerate COVID-19-related science alongside Tyler Cowen. Patrick entered the 40th Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition with his project on artificial intelligence (nicknamed ‘Isaac’ following Isaac Newton, whom he admired), completing as individual runner-up.

John Collison is a well-known Irish billionaire entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and President of Stripe formed in 2010 with his brother Patrick. In 2016, he became the youngest self-made billionaire. The firm Stripe raised an $850 million funding round with a valuation of $36 billion in April 2020. As of 2023, Forbes stated his net worth as $5.5 billion.