
Powered 500 Awards - 2026
Awarded by the Editors of Powered Magazine to a select group of leaders whose work will define the decade ahead.
POWERED 500 AWARD PRESENTED TO
Aaron Levie
CEO, Box

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Aaron Levie
CEO, Box
POWERED 500 WINNER 2026
Aaron Levie is the Co-Founder and CEO of Box, the enterprise cloud content management platform used by over 100,000 organizations worldwide including 69 percent of the Fortune 500. Levie co-founded Box in 2005 while a student at USC, initially building a consumer-focused cloud storage service before pivoting to enterprise customers. Under his leadership, Box went public in 2015 and has evolved into a comprehensive content cloud platform that enables organizations to manage, share, and secure their most important content. Box generates over $1 billion in annual revenue and has built deep integrations with enterprise software ecosystems including Microsoft, Google, Salesforce, and Slack. Levie is known for his energetic leadership style, prolific social media presence, and thought leadership on cloud computing and enterprise technology. His two-decade journey from a college dorm room startup to leading a publicly traded enterprise software company demonstrates the persistence and adaptability required for long-term entrepreneurial success.
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Jeff Bezos
Amazon

Satya Nadella
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Sundar Pichai
Alphabet Inc.

Sara Blakely
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Sam Altman
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Jensen Huang
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Whitney Wolfe Herd
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Mark Zuckerberg
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Brian Chesky
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Oprah Winfrey
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Mark Cuban
Owner of Dallas Mavericks (Former)
