9 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Former Stripe product leader and host of the Step Change podcast, focused on technology company building and business history.
Swedish entrepreneur and CEO of Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, who transformed music distribution from ownership to access and subsequently extended the model to podcasting.
Technology executive who was recruited from D.E. Shaw to Amazon, became an early product leader, and later served as chief product officer at Uber and co-founded Mapbox.
American technology executive who served as CEO of LinkedIn from 2008 to 2020, scaling it from 33 million to 700+ million members and overseeing its $26.2 billion acquisition by Microsoft.
American business executive who served as president of Pepsi and CEO of Apple Computer (1983–1993), known for creating the Pepsi Challenge campaign and for ousting Steve Jobs from Apple in 1985.
American entrepreneur and co-founder/CEO of Eventbrite, the event ticketing and management platform, who led the company through its 2018 IPO and the near-fatal collapse of the events industry during COVID-19.
German-American technology executive who served as CEO of Apple Computer from 1993 to 1995, succeeding John Sculley during one of Apple's most difficult periods before the board replaced him with Gil Amelio.
American technology executive who rented her garage to Google's founders in 1998 and later served as CEO of YouTube from 2014 to 2023.
American programmer and founder/CEO of Epic Games, creator of the Unreal Engine and Fortnite, and the most prominent antagonist in the legal battle against Apple and Google over app store fees.