“Here I am a recruiter, and I can’t even get a job at Burning Man,” laughs Jeanmarie Boben, hours before she heads to the annual desert blowout for the ninth year. “My welding skills were subpar, my plasma cutting skills were subpar. One thing after another—rejection. It was quite a table turn for me.” The […]

Gil Galanos is a natural leader. He’s led troops in the Israeli army, building camaraderie among the ranks. Five years ago he co-founded a nonprofit that empowers rising leaders to build a bridge between the Israeli and American communities. Working alongside Rafi Musher, founder and chairperson of Israel & Co, Galanos works to bring graduate students […]

Though she was born, raised, and still lives in South London, Bridget Banton has always been interested in the world at large. After majoring in anthropology and African studies in college—with an emphasis on film—Banton spent 15 years in British television, working as a commissioning editor at both Channel 4 and the BBC. From documentaries […]

David H. Kim remembers wrestling with whether he was cut out to be a minister. He had just taken a salary cut in order to lead a Christian fellowship at Princeton University. “I tried to counsel a student and realized I wasn’t helping, but making things worse,” says the 43-year-old entrepreneur. “It was this existential […]

Italian-born Matteo Console Camprini didn’t pursue architecture in the traditional sense. “If you’re doing traditional architecture, you envision something today,” says the 48-year-old entrepreneur. “If you’re lucky, you’ll see it in five years.” Instead, his passion in life was designing imaginative, innovative event spaces that come to life in a matter of weeks or months. […]

When Wolf Shlagman came up with the idea for Care Angel, he had to “connect a lot of dots.” The award-winning service, which helps ensure homebound people are happy and healthy, required that the technology—artificial intelligence and voice recognition software, for instance—be advanced enough. “When you can finally bring it all together,” Shlagman says, “it’s […]

“When we launched our company five years ago, we were a group of energetic guys ready to take on the world,” says Simon Ford, one of the founders of The 86 Co. “Now we’re just hoping that we’ve made our mark.” For 20 years, Ford was one of the world’s foremost experts on cocktails, racking […]

“Whatever you invest your energy in, at the end, it has to make sense,” says 44-year-old entrepreneur Anna Ivey. “If it doesn’t get you closer to your goals, you have to make a change.” Ivey took what she considers the road most traveled. She marched off to law school and served as an attorney in Los […]