Stanley Freeman Druckenmiller

Stanley Freeman Druckenmiller is an American investor and philanthropist. He founded Duquesne Capital in 1981, ran the fund for three decades, and closed it in 2010 to operate the Duquesne Family Office, where he serves as chairman, chief executive officer, and chief investment officer. Earlier in his career he was lead portfolio manager of George Soros’s Quantum Fund and helped generate the famed 1992 short‑selling profit on the British pound. He is known for achieving roughly 30% annual returns without a losing year. Druckenmiller chairs the board of Harlem Children’s Zone, serves on the board of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and has led Blue Meridian Partners as chair and founding chair emeritus. He lives in New York City. Current roles include Chairman at Blue Meridian Partners, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Duquesne Family Office LLC, Chairman Emeritus of the Board at Harlem Children’s Zone, Board Member at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Board Member at Environmental Defense Fund, Investment Committee Member at Bowdoin College, and Co‑founder & Board Member at Kasparov Chess Foundation. Based in New York, New York, United States. Earlier roles include Founder, Chairman & President at Duquesne Capital Management, Lead Portfolio Manager, Quantum Fund at Soros Fund Management (Quantum Fund), and Managing Director; Chief Investment Officer at Soros Fund Management. Personal investments include Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Q.ANT, and Curative (Curative Health Insurance Company).

Trae Stephens

Trae Stephens is an American venture capitalist and technology entrepreneur. He is a partner at Founders Fund and the co‑founder and executive chairman of Anduril Industries, a defense technology company. He previously worked at Palantir Technologies, where he led teams focused on growth in the intelligence and defense sector and contributed to product strategy. He has also taught as an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University and began his career in government and policy roles in Washington, D.C. He co‑founded Sol, a wearable e‑reader company, and has been involved in building companies at the intersection of technology and national security. Current roles include Co-founder & Executive Chairman at Anduril Industries, Co-founder at Sol, Co-founder at Varda Space Industries, and Co-founder at Valinor Enterprises. Based in San Francisco, California, United States. Earlier roles include Early employee; product and growth lead at Palantir Technologies, Adjunct Faculty at Georgetown University, and Staff at Office of Congressman Rob Portman. Personal investments include Outtake.

Yasmin Razavi

Yasmin Razavi is a General Partner at Spark Capital, where she invests in and helps scale growth-stage software and AI companies. Previously, she worked at McKinsey, invested at Index Ventures in London, and was a product manager at Snap. She holds an engineering degree from the University of Toronto and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Current roles include General Partner at Growth , Spark Capital and General Partner, Growth at Spark Capital. Based in San Francisco, California, United States. Earlier roles include Product Manager, Monetization at Snap (Snap Inc.), Early Stage Investor at Index Ventures, and Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company. Personal investments include Anthropic, Qdrant, and Ada.

Wilmot Reed Hastings Jr.

Wilmot Reed Hastings Jr. is an American billionaire businessman who co-founded Netflix in 1997. He served as CEO of Netflix for 25 years before becoming the Executive Chairman in 2023. Hastings is also an active philanthropist with a focus on education, and has made significant investments in other ventures, including purchasing a majority stake in Powder Mountain ski resort. Current roles include CEO at Powder.org, Chairman at Netflix, Board Member at Anthropic, and Board Member at Bloomberg L.P. Based in Los Gatos, California, United States. Earlier roles include Co-Founder and CEO at Netflix, Board Member at Microsoft, and Board Member at Facebook, Inc. Personal investments include Bowdoin College and DreamBox Learning.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (born Rachel Meghan Markle)

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is an American former actress and entrepreneur born in Los Angeles on 4 August 1981. She gained worldwide recognition playing Rachel Zane on the legal drama Suits from 2011 to 2018 and later launched the lifestyle site The Tig. She married Prince Harry on 19 May 2018, becoming the Duchess of Sussex, and the couple have two children, Archie and Lilibet. In January 2020 they stepped back from senior royal duties and now reside in Montecito, California. Meghan co‑founded Archewell, serving as its president and overseeing both a philanthropic foundation and a production arm. She hosts podcasts through a deal with Lemonada Media, invests in the fashion discovery platform OneOff, and leads the home‑goods label As Ever, formerly American Riviera Orchard. Her work focuses on storytelling, women’s empowerment, and social impact. Current roles include Co‑Founder & Executive Producer at Archewell Productions, Co‑Founder at Archewell Foundation, Host & Executive Producer – “Confessions of a Female Founder” podcast at Lemonada Media, and Founder at As Ever (formerly American Riviera Orchard). Based in Montecito, California, United States. Earlier roles include Host & Executive Producer – “Archetypes” podcast at Archewell Audio / Spotify, Actress – Rachel Zane on “Suits” at USA Network / Universal Cable Productions, and Briefcase Model at NBC – “Deal or No Deal”. Personal investments include Clevr Blends, Cesta Collective, and Highbrow Hippie.

Dario Amodei

Dario Amodei (born 1983) is an American artificial intelligence researcher and entrepreneur. He co‑founded Anthropic in 2021 and serves as its CEO. Previously, he was vice president of research at OpenAI, where he helped develop large language models such as GPT‑2 and GPT‑3, and earlier worked as a senior research scientist at Google Brain and as a research scientist at Baidu. He holds a BS from Stanford University and an MS/PhD in biophysics from Princeton University, and completed a post‑doctoral fellowship at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Current role is Co-Founder and CEO at Anthropic. Based in San Francisco, California, United States. Earlier roles include Senior Research Scientist at Google (Google Brain) and Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University School of Medicine. Personal investments include Biostate AI.

Neha Narkhede

Neha Narkhede is a technology entrepreneur and investor, co-creator of Apache Kafka, co-founder of Confluent, and currently co-founder & CEO of Oscilar.

Jay Kreps

Jay Kreps is the co‑founder and CEO of Confluent and a co‑creator of Apache Kafka. He helped pioneer the data streaming category and leads Confluent, which was acquired by IBM in 2026.

Mike Krieger

Mike Krieger is a Brazilian-American entrepreneur and angel investor best known as Instagram’s co-founder and former CTO. He later co-founded the AI-powered news app Artifact and, in May 2024, joined Anthropic as Chief Product Officer. Current role is Chief Product Officer at Anthropic. Based in San Francisco, California, United States. Earlier roles include Co-founder & CTO at Artifact, Co-founder & CTO at Instagram, and Special Advisor (transition) at Yahoo (re: Artifact acquisition). Personal investments include ElevenLabs, Udio, and Codegen.

Brian Bjelde

Brian Bjelde is an executive at SpaceX, serving as Vice President of Human Resources since 2014. He joined SpaceX in 2003 as an avionics engineer on the Falcon 1 program and later held senior product and mission management roles. Before SpaceX, he worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an associate engineer. He lives in Hawthorne, California, and has participated as an angel investor in at least one startup. Current roles include Vice President of Human Resources, SpaceX and Vice President of Human Resources at SpaceX. Based in Hawthorne, California, United States. Earlier roles include Senior Director, Product and Mission Management at SpaceX, Product Director, Falcon 1 Launch Vehicle at SpaceX, and Mission Manager at SpaceX. Personal investments include Rain Industries.

Gwynne Shotwell

Gwynne Shotwell is the president and chief operating officer of SpaceX. She manages the company's daily operations and strategic customer relations. She joined SpaceX in 2002 as the vice president of business development and became president in 2008. Shotwell oversees major projects including the Falcon rocket launches and the Starlink satellite program. Before her time at SpaceX, Shotwell worked at The Aerospace Corporation for ten years in space systems engineering and project management. She also served as the director of the space systems division at Microcosm Inc. Shotwell earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in applied mathematics from Northwestern University. She lives in Texas, where she maintains a ranch as her home office. Current roles include President and Chief Operating Officer at SpaceX, Independent Director at Polaris Inc., and Director at Minerva Project. Based in Texas, USA. Earlier roles include Vice President of Business Development at SpaceX, Director of Space Systems Division at Microcosm Inc., and Space Systems Engineer at The Aerospace Corporation. Personal investments include Evernow and Lingokids.

Sam Bankman-Fried

Sam Bankman-Fried (born March 5, 1992) is an American entrepreneur who founded the cryptocurrency exchange FTX and co-founded the trading firm Alameda Research. A physics graduate of MIT and a former trader at Jane Street Capital, he launched Alameda in 2017 and founded FTX in 2019, later relocating operations to the Bahamas in 2021. After FTX’s collapse in 2022, he was arrested in the Bahamas, extradited to the United States, convicted on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy in November 2023, and sentenced on March 28, 2024, to 25 years in federal prison with $11 billion in forfeiture. As of 2026, he is incarcerated at FCI Terminal Island in San Pedro, California.

James McClave

James McClave is an American angel investor and finance professional based in New York. He is a long‑time registered broker at Jane Street’s affiliated entities and works at Jane Street, a Manhattan trading firm. McClave was an early investor in Anthropic, participating in the company’s Series A (2021) and Series B (2022) rounds.

Jim McClave

Jim (James) McClave is a U.S.-based quantitative trading professional working at Jane Street in New York. He is also known as an angel investor, notably for his early investments in Anthropic's Series A and Series B funding rounds.

Nishad Singh

Nishad Singh is an American software engineer and former Director of Engineering at FTX. He previously worked on the engineering team associated with Alameda/FTX, and was identified by U.S. regulators as a key technical leader at the exchange. On February 28, 2023, Singh pleaded guilty in the Southern District of New York to criminal charges arising from FTX’s collapse, while the SEC and CFTC brought parallel civil actions. He was sentenced on October 30, 2024, to time served and three years of supervised release. In March–April 2026, a supplemental consent order in the CFTC action recorded a $3.7 million disgorgement obligation (deemed satisfied by criminal forfeiture) and referenced his time‑served sentence. Public court filings from October 2024 state that he was living in San Francisco and working as a software engineer at a private (non‑crypto/finance) company.

Palmer Freeman Luckey

Palmer Luckey is an American entrepreneur who founded Oculus VR and created the Oculus Rift virtual‑reality headset. He sold Oculus to Facebook in 2014 and left the company in 2017. In 2017 he founded Anduril Industries, a defense technology firm that builds autonomous drones and sensors. In 2023 he re‑established ModRetro as a hardware company that makes retro‑styled consumer electronics. He continues to lead Anduril and is active as an investor in emerging technology companies. Current roles include Co-Founder at ModRetro and Founder at Anduril Industries. Based in Newport Beach, California, United States. Earlier roles include Founder at Oculus VR / Facebook (Oculus). Personal investments include SideQuest and Valar Atomics.

Christopher Pell Liddell

Christopher Pell Liddell is a New Zealand‑American executive and angel investor who served as CFO of Microsoft, General Motors, and International Paper, and later held senior roles in the White House. He currently sits on the boards of Anthropic and Commonwealth Fusion Systems and previously chaired Xero. Current roles include Board Member at Anthropic and Board Member at Commonwealth Fusion Systems. Based in San Francisco, CA, United States. Earlier roles include Director and Chairman at Xero, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at General Motors, and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Microsoft. Personal investments include Bloomz, Major League Hacking, and Leapfin.

Matt Grimm

Matt Grimm is the co‑founder and Chief Operating Officer of Anduril Industries, a U.S. defense technology company. He oversees global business operations and is based in Orange County, California. Before Anduril, he was a Principal at Mithril Capital Management. He was an early hire at Palantir, where he worked in operational and technical roles and deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. He began his career as a consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and an M.Eng. in Systems Engineering from Cornell University. Current role is Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer at Anduril Industries. Based in Orange County, California, United States. Personal investments include Virgil Security.

Elon Reeve Musk

Elon Musk is a technology entrepreneur and executive. He is the CEO of Tesla and the founder and CEO of SpaceX and xAI. He also leads X Corp. as its founder and CTO and co‑founded Neuralink and The Boring Company. He was born in 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa, and later became a U.S. citizen. He co‑founded Zip2 and X.com, which became PayPal. He acquired Twitter in 2022 and rebranded it as X. He relocated to Texas in 2020. Current roles include CEO and product architect at Tesla, Founder, CEO and chief engineer at SpaceX, Founder and CTO; Executive Chairman at X Corp., Founder and CEO at xAI, Co‑founder at Neuralink, and Founder at The Boring Company. Based in Texas, United States. Earlier roles include Co‑founder at Zip2 and Founder (X.com); CEO (post‑merger) at X.com / PayPal. Personal investments include DeepMind, Vicarious, and SolarCity.

Ronald Crawford Conway

Ron Conway is an American venture capitalist and super‑angel. He founded Angel Investors LP in 1998 and co‑founded SV Angel in 2009, where he is Founder and Managing Partner. He has backed early companies like Google and PayPal and previously held executive positions at Altos Computer Systems and Personal Training Systems. He lives in San Francisco, California. Current role is Founder and Managing Partner at SV Angel. Based in San Francisco, California, United States. Earlier roles include Special Partner at Baseline Ventures, Founder and Managing Partner at Angel Investors LP, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Personal Training Systems (PTS). Personal investments include Twitter, Square (now Block), and Pinterest.

Kirill Parinov

Kirill Parinov is a Netherlands‑based angel investor and entrepreneur. He co‑founded Speechki, an AI platform for turning ebooks into audiobooks, and invests across developer tools, fintech, SaaS, and edtech. He previously served as General Counsel at Nornickel and co‑founded Rock Flow Dynamics. His portfolio includes early investments in companies such as Approveit, Booke.ai, InsightArc, JSight, XReadyLab, Grandeur, Stemmy, Console, and ASOBU. Current role is Co-Founder at Speechki. Earlier roles include Co-Founder at Rock Flow Dynamics.

Max Junestrand

Max Junestrand is the co‑founder and CEO of Legora, an AI workspace for legal professionals. He has led the company since May 2023, focusing on collaborative AI that streamlines research, drafting, and review for law firms and in‑house teams. Before Legora he worked in venture capital and growth at Norrsken VC, Bemlo, and Depict, and earlier as a business analyst intern at McKinsey. He began his career in engineering roles at Abios and Ericsson. He earned a BSc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics in 2023 and studied computer engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Current role is CEO & co‑founder at Legora. Based in New York, New York, United States. Earlier roles include VC at Norrsken VC, VC at Norrsken, and Growth at Bemlo (YC W22). Personal investments include Stilla AI and Elvy.

Luke Nosek

Luke Nosek is a Polish‑born American entrepreneur and investor. He co‑founded PayPal and later co‑founded Founders Fund and Gigafund. He led the first venture investment in SpaceX in 2008 and has served on SpaceX’s board since then. He is a managing partner and co‑founder at Gigafund and sits on the boards of ResearchGate, Last Energy, and Luminous Computing. He lives in the Austin, Texas area. Based in Austin, Texas, United States. Earlier roles include Co‑founder & Partner at Founders Fund and Co‑founder; VP, Marketing & Strategy at PayPal. Personal investments include DeepMind and Geni.

Jia Yueting

Jia Yueting is a Chinese entrepreneur best known for founding LeTV/Le.com (later part of LeEco) and for co‑founding the U.S. electric‑vehicle company Faraday Future. He was born on December 15, 1973, in Xiangfen, Shanxi, China, and has been known as YT Jia. Since moving to Los Angeles in 2017, he has focused on developing Faraday Future. He served as Faraday Future’s CEO from 2017 to 2019, then as Chief Product and User Ecosystem Officer, and in April 2025 was appointed Co‑CEO of the company. He filed for personal Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States in October 2019. Current roles include Founder / Co-founder at Faraday Future, Co-Global Chief Executive Officer at Faraday Future, and Chief Product and User Ecosystem Officer (CPUO) at Faraday Future. Based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Earlier roles include Chief Executive Officer at Faraday Future, Chief Executive Officer at Le.com (Leshi Internet Information & Technology Corp., Beijing), and Chairman at Le.com (Leshi Internet Information & Technology Corp., Beijing). Personal investments include Lucid Motors (formerly Atieva).