Credits

Sources

Profiles are drawn from public interviews, podcasts, letters, books and reporting, listed at the end of each profile. Quotes are shortened where marked; paraphrases are labelled.

Portraits

Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, Barry Diller, Arthur Blank, Amjad Masad, Andy Jassy, Satya Nadella, Rodney Sacks, Todd VasosPencil illustrations generated for this site
Nelson MandelaGenerated pencil illustration after a 1994 photo by Kingkongphoto & celebrity-photos.com, CC BY-SA 2.0
Napoleon BonaparteGenerated pencil illustration after Jacques-Louis David, The Emperor Napoleon in His Study, 1812, public domain
Brian CheskyGenerated pencil illustration after a 2025 photo by Celeste Sloman, CC BY-SA 4.0
Bob IgerGenerated pencil illustration after a 2022 photo by Village Global, CC BY 2.0
Jack DorseyGenerated pencil illustration after a 2018 photo by Mark Warner, CC BY 2.0
Evan SpiegelGenerated pencil illustration after a 2013 photo by cellanr, CC BY-SA 2.0
Melanie PerkinsGenerated pencil illustration after a 2019 photo by Melanie Perkins, CC BY-SA 2.0
Madam C.J. WalkerGenerated pencil illustration after Addison N. Scurlock, c. 1914, public domain
Jeff BezosGenerated pencil illustration after a 2026 US Department of Defense photo, public domain
Marc BenioffGenerated pencil illustration after a 2021 photo by Salesforce, CC BY-SA 2.0
Sundar PichaiGenerated pencil illustration after a 2023 photo by Lukasz Kobus, European Commission, CC BY 4.0
Mary BarraGenerated pencil illustration after a 2022 official portrait by Benjamin Applebaum, public domain
Warren BuffettGenerated pencil illustration after a 2015 photo by the US International Trade Administration, public domain
Sheryl SandbergGenerated pencil illustration after a 2013 photo by the World Economic Forum, CC BY-SA 2.0
Jack MaGenerated pencil illustration after a 2018 photo by the World Economic Forum, CC BY 2.0
Soichiro HondaGenerated pencil illustration after a 1964 photo published by Zaikai Kenkyusha, public domain
J. Robert OppenheimerGenerated pencil illustration after a 1944 photo, author unknown, public domain
Jamie DimonGenerated pencil illustration after a 2025 photo by Lauren Hurley, No 10 Downing Street, OGL 3
Shigeru MiyamotoGenerated pencil illustration after a 2015 photo by the Minister’s Secretariat Personnel Division, Japan, CC BY 4.0
Larry EllisonGenerated pencil illustration after a 2025 White House photo, public domain
Michael DellGenerated pencil illustration after a 2021 photo by Village Global, CC BY 2.0
Akio MoritaGenerated pencil illustration after a 1965 photo published by President Inc., public domain
Masayoshi SonGenerated pencil illustration after a 2025 photo by the European Commission Audiovisual Service, CC BY 4.0
Ruchi SanghviGenerated pencil illustration after a 2014 photo by Rsanghvi20, CC BY-SA 4.0
Sean ParkerGenerated pencil illustration after a 2011 photo by Amager, CC BY-SA 2.0
Peter ThielGenerated pencil illustration after a 2022 photo by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0

Licensing

All portraits are pencil illustrations generated for this site. Where a portrait was drawn from a specific photograph, the source and its license are listed above, and the illustration is shared under the same license terms.