Entrepreneurship

Rohan Gilkes is a serial entrepreneur that has founded and served as CEO of several successful companies.

Christopher Bradshaw is a Black, justice-oriented, social entrepreneur whose expertise is using social innovation.

For over 5 years, Momo has utilized the power of storytelling to transform communities.

Everett K. Sands is CEO of Lendistry. He has 20+ years of experience in lending, including stints at both national and community banking.

Ryan Heffington is a dancer and choreographer based in the desert two hours outside of Los Angeles.

Hines Ward is perhaps the greatest wide receiver in Steelers' history.

One of the most influential movie makers of our time, Francis Ford Coppola is a true renaissance man.

Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu is Founder and Managing Director of soleRebels.

TotaLee Awesome, is the phrase that best describes the magnitude of Lee Haney.

Tarek El Moussa is the star of HGTV’s hit show "Flipping 101 w/ Tarek El Moussa".

Dolores Robinson has truly become one of the industry's most influential and successful managers.

“One of Kenya’s most successful these are the words used to describe Njeri Rionge by Forbes.

Babatope (Tope) Awotona is the Founder of Calendly, a beautiful

Sim Shagaya is a Nigerian media and technology entrepreneur.

Odean Maye is a technology leader, engineer and entrepreneur with a background in cloud-based distributed systems.

Orlena Nwokah Blanchard is an entrepreneur and innovative leader.....  

Nicole Armstrong graduated from Binghamton University’s Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Sciences with a B.S. in computer science.

Golden Globe Award winner and Academy Award nominee Kate Hudson made her studio film debut in "200 Cigarettes.

Gwen Richardson is an author, publicist and entrepreneur. As an author, she has six published books.

Mark Kaigwa has spent the last seven years helping global and African businesses.

Verone Mankou is the founder of VMK, a tech company focused on mobile technologies.

Franklin Leonard is the founder and CEO of the Black List, the company that celebrates and supports great screenwriting.

Veteren Member of Parliament, community & town builder town and union advisor. Serial entrepreneur & Founder of award-winning global movement Social Innovation Park (SIP).

In urban hubs like Mogadishu, says Mohamed Ali, we're losing our brightest minds to terrorism and violence.

Khanyi Dhlomo is an award-winning magazine editor and publisher,

Lamman Rucker is an Actor, Educator, Activist and Entrepreneur.

Maks Chmerkovskiy was born in Ukraine and immigrated to the United States with his family in 1994.

Chris Marquis is an Associate Professor in the Organizational Behavior unit at the Harvard.

Nancy Douyon is a technology executive, an international speaker, and entrepreneur.

From education to activism, Liz Dozier has spent her career working tirelessly to disrupt the culture of inequity.

Chris is an award-winning serial-entrepreneur, engineer, futurist, pragmatist & optimist.

Natalie Bridgeman Fields is executive director of Accountability Counsel...

Joy Adowaa Buolamwini is a Ghanaian-American-Canadian computer scientist and digital activist based at the MIT Media Lab.

Douglas has over 20 years in the Entertainment industry empowering entrepreneurs to pursue their purpose.

As a native of West Philadelphia, Jamira Burley saw first-hand the disenfranchisement of marginalized communities.

Lex Gillette is the best totally blind long and triple jumper in the history of the U.S. Paralympic movement.

Viola Llewellyn is the co-founder and President of Ovamba Solutions, Inc.

Entrepreneur. Pioneer. Trailblazer. Khalia Collier wears many hats as the owner of The St.

Sean Casey has a taste for the extreme.

With a diverse skill set and resume spanning both television and film, Jay Ellis is quickly becoming one of Hollywood’s.

Deanna Singh is a business consultant. A gifted communicator, she is a champion for marginalized communities through her work.

Melissa R. Butler is a Detroit native who strategically launched the start-up beauty brand.

Ephren W. Taylor II is the youngest African-American CEO of a publicly-traded company in the United States.

Renae Bluitt is a Brooklyn, New York-based filmmaker, digital content creator.

Farai Gundan is a Zimbabwean-born member of the diaspora living in the US.

Chris Kirubi is a leading entrepreneur and investor in East Africa. He first started in busi Entrepreneur ness by buying decayed properties in Nairobi.

DeShuna Elisa Spencer is the Founder & CEO of kweliTV, which celebrates global black culture through curated.

Shawn D. Rochester is CEO of Good Steward LLC, a financial education and advisor company.

Alain de Botton, FRSL is a Swiss writer, philosopher, and television presenter who currently lives in the United Kingdom.

Tracy Sun is Co-founder and Senior Vice President of New Markets at Poshmark,