Kakao founder makes surprise appearance at new employee orientation after two years out of spotlight
Kim Beom-su, founder of tech giant Kakao, speaks at a company training session for new employees at the company’s AI Campus in Yongin, Gyeonggi, on Jan. 15. Kakao founder Kim…
Meet AppLovin’s ‘Reclusive’ Billionaire Founder Trying to Buy TikTok
Adam Foroughi tends to eschew the typical trappings of a billionaire. He has one car, and would rather it were self-driving. He rarely appears on TV or conference stages. In…
How One Tech Founder Is Using AI to Fight ALS
This is an As-Told-To essay based on a conversation with Indu Navar, the CEO and Founder of EverythingALS. It has been edited for length and clarity. Both my husband and…
While Fighting Breast Cancer, This Black Founder Raised $7.9M For Her Health Tech Company – Essence
When Vanessa Rissetto received her breast cancer diagnosis last May, she was already in the midst of a challenge that would make or break most entrepreneurs: raising venture capital for…
A Newly Wealthy Tech Founder Is Struggling to Find Purpose
Vinay Hiremath, a cofounder of Loom, just wrote about finding purpose after selling the company. The software company Atlassian acquired Loom for $975 million in the fall of 2023. The…
Why Gen Z Doesn’t Have a Tech Founder Like Jobs, Zuckerberg
Silicon Valley has long obsessed over the young, disruptive founder. So where are Gen Z’s tech founders? Boomers had Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Jeff Bezos. Gen X produced Sergey…