Inventors & Engineers
Builders of the tools that changed everything.
records written
Contemporary era
Cathie Wood
b. November 26, 1955
American investor and businesswoman; CEO of Ark Invest
Contemporary era
Jack Dorsey
b. November 19, 1976
American computer scientist, entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter
Katie Haun
Founder & Chief Executive Officer - Haun Ventures
Contemporary era
Olaf Carlson-Wee
b. 1989
American entrepreneur
Contemporary era
Anthony Pompliano
b. June 15, 1988
American businessman
Contemporary era
Balaji Srinivasan
b. May 24, 1980
American entrepreneur and investor
Contemporary era
Naval Ravikant
b. 1974
Indian American entrepreneur and investor
Contemporary era
Brock Pierce
b. November 14, 1980
Entrepreneur, former child actor
Contemporary era
Vinny Lingham
b. February 7, 1979
South African businessman
Contemporary era
Mark Cuban
b. July 31, 1958
American investor and entrepreneur (born 1958)
Contemporary era
Marc Andreessen
b. July 9, 1971
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
Contemporary era
Chamath Palihapitiya
b. September 3, 1976
Sri Lankan-born Canadian-American businessman and CEO of Social Capital
Contemporary era
Anil Dash
b. September 5, 1975
American blogger
Contemporary era
Kevin Rose
b. February 21, 1977
Digg founder and NFT project creator
Contemporary era
Gary Vaynerchuk
b. November 14, 1975
Belarusian-American entrepreneur and investor
Contemporary era
Jihan Wu
b. 1986
Singapore entrepreneur
Contemporary era
Éric Larchevêque
b. September 30, 1973
Historical figure
Contemporary era
Gary Gensler
b. October 18, 1957
American former government official
Contemporary era
David Sacks
b. May 25, 1972
South African-American entrepreneur and investor
Contemporary era
Nayib Bukele
b. July 24, 1981
President of El Salvador since 2019
Contemporary era
Eric Trump
b. January 6, 1984
American businessman and reality television personality (born 1984)
Contemporary era
Donald Trump Jr.
b. December 31, 1977
American businessman and reality television personality (born 1977)
Contemporary era
Molly White
b. 1993
American software engineer, Wikipedian, and cryptocurrency critic
Lyn Alden
Financial analyst
Contemporary era
Roya Mahboob
b. 1987
Afghan entrepreneur and businesswoman
Contemporary era
Ruja Ignatova
b. May 30, 1980
Bulgarian businesswoman, prosecuted for cryptocurrency fraud
Contemporary era
Karl Sebastian Greenwood
b. December 26, 1976
Swedish businessperson
Satish Kumbhani
Indian financial fraudster
Contemporary era
Faruk Fatih Özer
1993 – November 1, 2025
Turkish cryptocurrency trader and criminal
Contemporary era
Virgil Griffith
b. March 6, 1983
American computer programmer
Alexey Pertsev
Russian programmer, one of the developers of the Tornado Cash cryptomixer
Contemporary era
Richard Heart
b. October 9, 1979
Tech-entrepreneur
Contemporary era
John McAfee
September 18, 1945 – June 23, 2021
British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)
Modern era
Bernard von NotHaus
b. c. 1901
American counterfeiter
Contemporary era
Song Chi-hyung
b. 1979
South Korean entrepreneur (born 1979)
Contemporary era
Patrice Talon
b. May 1, 1958
President of Benin between 2016 and 2026
Contemporary era
Abelardo de la Espriella
b. July 31, 1978
43ᵗʰ President of Colombia since 2026
Contemporary era
Miguel Díaz-Canel
b. April 20, 1960
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and top leader of Cuba since 2021
Contemporary era
Andrej Babiš
b. September 2, 1954
Czech politician and businessman, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
Contemporary era
Luis Abinader
b. July 12, 1967
President of the Dominican Republic
Contemporary era
Daniel Noboa
b. November 30, 1987
President of Ecuador since 2023
Contemporary era
Mostafa Madbouly
b. April 28, 1966
Prime minister of Egypt since 2018
Contemporary era
Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo
March 25, 1958 – March 17, 2020
Guinea-Bissauan politician (1958-2020)
Contemporary era
Alix Didier Fils-Aimé
b. November 14, 1971
Prime Minister of Haiti since 2024
Contemporary era
Nasry Asfura
b. June 8, 1958
Honduran politician and businessman (born 1958)
Contemporary era
Halla Tómasdóttir
b. October 11, 1968
President of Iceland
Contemporary era
Nizar Amidi
b. February 8, 1968
Iraqi politician
Contemporary era
Muhammad Shia' al-Sudani
b. March 4, 1970
Prime Minister of Iraq from 2022 to 2026
Contemporary era
Sam Matekane
b. March 15, 1958
Lesotho businessman and politician
Contemporary era
Abd al-Hamid Dbeibeh
b. February 13, 1959
Libyan politician, architect and Prime Minister of Libya since 2021
Contemporary era
Mohamed Muizzu
b. June 15, 1978
8th President of the Maldives since 2023
Contemporary era
Vasile Tofan
b. July 12, 1982
Moldovan investor and businessman (born 1982), Prime Minister of Moldova
Contemporary era
Aziz Akhannouch
b. August 16, 1961
Prime Minister of Morocco since 2021
Contemporary era
Hristijan Mickoski
b. September 29, 1977
Macedonian politician
Contemporary era
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
b. November 29, 1955
Somali removal of president
Contemporary era
Han Seong-sook
b. June 20, 1967
South Korean businesswoman (born 1967)
Contemporary era
Paetongtarn Shinawatra
b. August 21, 1986
Businesswoman and former Prime Minister of Thailand
Contemporary era
Adama Barrow
b. February 15, 1965
3rd President of the Gambia
Contemporary era
Sarra Zaafrani
b. January 26, 1963
Tunisian engineer, senior civil servant and politician (born 1963)
Contemporary era
Serhii Koretskyi
b. March 14, 1978
Prime Minister of Ukraine