Founders, CEOs, and entrepreneurs.
Jay-Z co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records and Rocawear, launched Roc Nation in 2008 and became hip-hop's first billionaire in 2019.
Magic Johnson won five NBA titles with the Lakers, then used the business lessons of owner Jerry Buss to become an executive and part owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Michael Jordan turned six NBA titles into a business empire: Jordan Brand generates about $1 billion in sales for Nike, and he became the NBA's first billionaire player in 2014.
Travis Kalanick co-founded Uber and ran it as CEO from 2010 to 2017 before resigning under pressure over workplace harassment allegations. He now leads Atoms, the parent of CloudKitchens.
Ronald Perelman built MacAndrews & Forbes through leveraged buyouts spanning Revlon, cigars, licorice and comic books. His net worth fell from $19.8 billion in 2018 to $1.9 billion in 2022.
Yvon Chouinard taught himself blacksmithing to forge his own climbing gear, was a leading Yosemite climber of the 1960s and went on to found the outdoor company Patagonia. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in 2023.
Scott Cook founded Intuit in 1983 after hearing his wife complain about paying bills, creating Quicken to help people manage household finances.
Charles Koch has led Koch Industries since 1967 and expanded it, with his late brother David, into the largest privately held company by revenue in the United States.
Michael Bloomberg founded Bloomberg L.P. in 1981 around the Bloomberg Terminal, served three terms as mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013 and has given away $24.5 billion.
Tony Hsieh sold LinkExchange to Microsoft for $265 million in 1998, then led online retailer Zappos as CEO for 21 years until August 2020.
Kimbal Musk co-founded Zip2 with his brother Elon, then turned to food, building The Kitchen Restaurant Group, the Big Green Learning Gardens nonprofit and the urban-farming company Square Roots.
Guy Fieri started selling pretzels from an 'Awesome Pretzel' bicycle cart at ten and became the 'face' of the Food Network, according to The New York Times, in 2010.
