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Brian Chesky
AirBNB upended the hotel business. Then coronavirus upended Airbnb. The founder and CEO is barreling ahead with an IPO anyway.
Dawn Davis
She was a book publishing powerbroker when Anna Wintour emailed her about joining Conde Nast. Now she has to rescue Bon Appétit, a brand fraught with diversity issues.
Donna Langley
She made the call to send Universal's "Trolls: World Tour" straight to digital. Now that decision may have altered the movie theater business forever.
Bashir Mohamed, Tyler Hamilton and Nimo Hirad
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Minnesota protested to improve conditions long before the pandemic. Covid-19 made their battle against the behemoth a matter of life and death.
Vanessa Pappas
She's calling the shots at a company who's addictive app is owned by China, hated by Trump and envied by Facebook. Pappas is under insane pressure to keep TikTok ticking.
Chris Paul, Michele Roberts and Adam Silver
After suspending its season in March, the NBA launched a plan to restart inside The Bubble - taking on social justice at the same time.
Michael "Killer Mike" Render
To empower communities that have long been ignored by traditional lenders, Killer Mike started his own bank. It's all digital and all Black-owned.
Tim Sweeney
He built the Fortnite empire. Now he's taking the fight to Apple and Google in a battle royale over fees. If he wins, that could transform the mobile ecosystem.
Eric Yuan
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