Keith Rabois is a noted American technology executive and investor. He is working as a general partner at Founders Fund. He had executive roles at PayPal, LinkedIn, Slide, and Square (now Block, Inc.). Rabois had invested in Yelp and Xoom before each firm’s “IPO and sat on both companies’ boards of directors. In addition, he has investments in YouTube, Palantir, Lyft, Airbnb, Eventbrite, Wish, and The Org.
Bryan Lourd is a noted American talent agent. Since October 1995, he has served as a partner, managing director, and co-chairman of the Creative Artists Agency (CAA). He has also served on the board of directors of IAC since 2005. In addition, in 2011, he was elected to the board of trustees of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Paul Graham is a popular English computer scientist, essayist, entrepreneur, investor, and author who is well known due to his work on the programming language Lisp, his previous startup Viaweb (afterward renamed Yahoo! Store), co-founding the influential startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, his essays, and Hacker News. Paul is the author of many computer programming books, such as: On Lisp, ANSI Common Lisp, and Hackers & Painters. Technology journalist Steven Levy has described Paul as a “hacker philosopher”.
Jean Shafiroff is a popular American philanthropist, author, advocate, and socialite who is the ambassador and spokesperson for American Humane Feed the Hungry COVID-19 Program. She works on many national and regional philanthropic boards. Jean is also the host of “Successful Philanthropy” show on LTV. In March 2016, Jean published Successful Philanthropy: How to Make a Life by What You Give.
Blair Effron is a well-known American financier and co-founder of Centerview Partners, a leading global investment banking firm. He also supports Democratic Party politics as he was a supporter of John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign. He serves on the board of trustees of the Council on Foreign Relations, Lincoln Center, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art among others. In addition, Effron was appointed by President Joe Biden in August 2022 as a member of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board.
Eric Cantor ( Full Name: Eric Ivan Cantor) is a popular American lawyer and retired politician who works as a Vice Chairman and Managing Director at Moelis & Company and is a member of its board of directors. From 2001 to 2004, Eric represented Virginia’s 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. A Republican, Eric worked as House Minority Whip from 2009 until 2011, and as House Majority Leader from 2011 until 2014.
Marianne Lake is an American-born British co-CEO of Consumer & Community Banking (CCB) at JP Morgan Chase. Furthermore, she is also a member of the JPMorgan Chase Operating Committee.
Abigail Johnson ( Full Name: Abigail Pierrepont Johnson) is a popular American billionaire businesswoman who works as Chairman and CEO at Fidelity Investments. She is also noted as the granddaughter of the late Edward C. Johnson II, the creator of Fidelity Investments. Since 2014, Abigail has been president and chief executive officer (CEO) of American investment firm Fidelity Investments (FMR) and chair of its previous sister company Fidelity International (FIL).
GT Dave ( Full Name: George Thomas Dave) is a popular American businessman who is the founder and CEO of the kombucha company GT’s Living Foods. In the late 1990s, Dave was the first to put kombucha on store shelves, and his company now owns 40% of the U.S. kombucha market. In 1992, a family peer gifted them a SCOBY which she said had been given to her by a Buddhist nun.
David Geffen ( Full Name: David Lawrence Geffen) is a popular American business magnate, producer, and film studio executive who co-founded Asylum Records in 1971 with Elliot Roberts, Geffen Records in 1980, DGC Records in 1990, as well as DreamWorks SKG in 1994. Following a brief appearance as an extra in the 1961 film The Explosive Generation, David started his entertainment career in 1964 as a mailroom clerk at the William Morris Agency (WMA), where he quickly worked as a talent agent.
