Top 10 Entrepreneurs to Watch as they Innovate and Expand Companies in 2021 What do companies like Microsoft, Apple, Netflix and Airbnb all have in common? Aside from billion-dollar valuations, these industry titans were all founded amid recessions, scaling to the pinnacle of success in the aftermath.
Spanning from 1975 with the conception of Microsoft during a 16-month recession that saw the gross domestic product value take its worst hit in nearly two decades to 2008 when Airbnb arose from the ashes of the subprime mortgage crisis, these examples prove that adversity does indeed breed innovation.
With the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 catalyzing yet another recession, in which more than 50 million Americans filed for unemployment insurance within mere months of its onset, it is no question that this is a time where great innovation is unfolding.
The 10 entrepreneurs listed below are at the forefront of driving this innovation and bringing about societal change. As they pivot and expand their business models to embrace the world we now live in, countless eyes are passionately watching to see how far they will leap as they overcome this period of adversity.
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