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Powered 500 Awards

The Powered 500 celebrates 500 of the most influential founders, operators, and leaders in business today — the builders whose entrepreneurial achievements, category expertise, and impact on others have earned them recognition beyond the ordinary. These are the people establishing the standards in their fields and sharing ideas that move their industries forward.

Highlights from the 2026 list

Elon Musk
SpaceX, Tesla & X
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Jeff Bezos
Amazon
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Satya Nadella
Microsoft
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Sundar Pichai
Alphabet Inc.
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 Sara Blakely
Spanx
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Sam Altman
Open AI
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Jensen Huang
Nvidia
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Whitney Wolfe Herd
Bumble
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Mark Zuckerberg
Meta
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Brian Chesky
Airbnb
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Oprah Winfrey
Harpo Productions / OWN Network
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Mark Cuban
Investor · Founder, Cost Plus Drugs
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Official 2026 list

Aaron Levant

Creator

Aaron Levie

CEO, Box

Aaron Rasmussen

MasterClass

Adam Guild

CEO, Owner.com

Adi Tatarko

CEO, Houzz

Afton Vechery

Co-Founder, Modern Fertility (Acquired by Ro)

Alec Miloslavsky

CEO, EIS Group

Alex Behring

Managing Partner, 3G Capital

Alex Canter

Ordermark

Alex Cooper

Host, Call Her Daddy Podcast

Alex Karp

CEO, Palantir Technologies

Alex Oshmyansky

Founder, Cost Plus Drug Company (Mark Cuban)

Alex Rodriguez

CEO, A-Rod Corp

Alexandr Wang

CEO, Scale AI

Alexis Ohanian

Six

Alfonso Porras

Owner, Sir Walter Candy

Alfred Lin

CFO, Zappos

Ali Diab

CEO, Collective Health

Alison Hadden (

Founder, #NoWastedDays / Former CMO, Glassdoor

Alli Webb

Drybar

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