Founders

brands-and-designers

Holmes & Yang is a women’s fashion brand founded by designers Katie Holmes and Mischa Barton Yang. Operating at the intersection of elevated essentials and quietly experimenta...

beverage-brands

Arizona Tea was founded by John Ferolito and Don Vultaggio, who partnered in the early 1990s to create what became a major ready-to-drink tea brand. The company originated in Ne...

company-profile

The Honest Company was founded in 2011 by Jessica Alba, Brian Lee, and Christopher Gavigan as a direct-to-consumer brand focused on safer household and baby essentials. The foun...

Celebrity Profiles

The Whole 30 program was founded by Melissa (Hartwig) Urban and Dallas Hartwig in 2009. Melissa Hartwig Urban is a former real estate attorney turned nutrition and wellness coac...

business-founders

Getty Images was founded in 1995 by Mark Getty and Jonathan Klein, building on the legacy of the Getty family’s visual archives and Klein’s commercial photography expertise....

Biography & Profiles

Kate Spade built a globally recognized accessories brand from modest beginnings in Kansas, combining approachable design with pragmatic entrepreneurship. This profile outlines h...

Business & Technology

Instacart was founded in 2012 by Apoorva Mehta, a former Amazon executive who identified inefficiencies in grocery shopping and set out to build a same-day delivery network conn...

biography

Thomas Randolph is best known as an American diplomat and politician who served as the first United States Minister to France and later as the first Secretary of State. This eve...

jewelry brand profiles

Alex and Ani is a American jewelry brand founded in 2004 by Carolyn Rafaelian, best known for its signature bangle chains, adjustable chains, and colorful gemstone pieces. The c...

Charities

The Make-A-Wish Foundation was created through the efforts of several people rather than a single individual, making it a collaborative effort sparked by a compelling story. The...