wing of the archive
The Contemporary Era
Lives within living memory, from world wars to the digital age.
Contemporary era
Ben Delo
b. February 24, 1984
British mathematician and programmer
Contemporary era
Mark Karpelès
b. June 1, 1985
Former CEO of Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox
Contemporary era
Charlie Shrem
b. November 25, 1989
American entrepreneur
Contemporary era
Kris Marszalek
b. 1979
CEO, Crypto.com
Contemporary era
Nicolas Cary
b. April 17, 1955
British businessman
Contemporary era
Wences Casares
b. February 26, 1974
Argentine businessman
Contemporary era
Jeremy Allaire
b. May 13, 1971
American-born technologist and Internet entrepreneur
Contemporary era
Paolo Ardoino
b. 1984
Italian computer scientist and manager
Contemporary era
Giancarlo Devasini
b. 1964
Italian entrepreneur, doctor and billionaire
Contemporary era
Nischal Shetty
b. 1986
Historical figure
Contemporary era
Vladimir Tenev
b. 1987
Bulgarian-American entrepreneur and co-founder of Robinhood, a US-based financial services company
Contemporary era
Yoni Assia
b. March 1, 1981
Businessperson
Contemporary era
Michael Novogratz
b. November 26, 1964
American businessperson (born 1964)
Contemporary era
Tim Draper
1954 – 2003
American ballet dancer and choreographer
Contemporary era
Michael Saylor
b. February 4, 1965
American business executive, entrepreneur, and philanthropist (born 1965)
Contemporary era
Cathie Wood
b. November 26, 1955
American investor and businesswoman; CEO of Ark Invest
Contemporary era
Alex Mashinsky
b. October 6, 1965
Founder of several technology firms
Contemporary era
Do Kwon
b. 1991
South Korean cryptocurrency fraudster (born 1991)
Contemporary era
Antoni Trenchev
b. March 15, 1987
Bulgarian politician
Contemporary era
Jack Dorsey
b. November 19, 1976
American computer scientist, entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter
Contemporary era
Jean Chalopin
b. May 31, 1950
French film producer and director
Contemporary era
Chris Dixon
b. 1960
Historian (born 1960)
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
Michael Arrington
b. March 13, 1970
Founder and former co-editor of TechCrunch
Contemporary era
Kevin O'Leary
b. July 9, 1954
Canadian businessman and television personality (born 1954)
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
Hayden Adams
b. October 21, 1992
Historical figure
Contemporary era
Sam Kazemian
b. February 12, 1993
Iranian-American software developer
Contemporary era
Mike Winkelmann
b. June 20, 1981
American digital artist, graphic designer, and animator
Contemporary era
Kevin McCoy
b. 1967
Digital artist who created the first NFT
Contemporary era
Anil Dash
b. September 5, 1975
American blogger
Contemporary era
Erick Calderon
b. 1981
Historical figure
Contemporary era
Devin Finzer
b. 1990
American entrepreneur and technology executive
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
Logan Paul
b. April 1, 1995
American YouTuber and Internet personality (born 1995)
Contemporary era
Jihan Wu
b. 1986
Singapore entrepreneur
Contemporary era
Micree Zhan
b. January 29, 1979
Chinese electronics engineer and businessman
Contemporary era
Éric Larchevêque
b. September 30, 1973
Historical figure
Contemporary era
Gary Gensler
b. October 18, 1957
American former government official
Contemporary era
Hester Peirce
b. 1970
American lawyer, current Commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Contemporary era
Cynthia Lummis
b. September 10, 1954
American politician (born 1954)
Contemporary era
Tom Emmer
b. March 3, 1961
U.S. Representative from Minnesota
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
Jay Clayton
b. July 11, 1951
American literary critic
Contemporary era
Andreas Antonopoulos
b. 1972
British-Greek Bitcoin advocate
Contemporary era
Saifedean Ammous
b. October 24, 1980
Economist and author (b. 1980)
Contemporary era
Don Tapscott
b. June 1, 1947
Canadian businessman
Contemporary era
Alex Tapscott
b. c. 1950
Canadian business author, and advisor (born 1986)
Contemporary era
Nathaniel Popper
b. 1979
American journalist