Top 50 Game Changers in Business

Learn about 50 Game Changers in Business and how they're disrupting their respective fields. The list includes Jeff Bezos, Ursula Burns, Bill Gates, Jonathan Ive, Elon Musk, Reshma Saujani, Mark Zuckerberg, and more.

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How he changed Changed the quality of athletic shoes (and
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