11 Companies with Marketplace Business Model
Learn from founders and CEOs who have built successful businesses using a Marketplace business model

Fabricio Bloisi
CEO
In this interview, Prosus CEO Fabricio Bloisi shares how he built billion-dollar technology businesses through relentless innovation, strong culture, and entrepreneurial leadership. He discusses scaling iFood, creating technology ecosystems across Latin America, India, and Europe, and why AI will transform companies faster than most people expect.

Garrett Lord
Co-founder & CEO, Handshake
Garrett Lord is the co-founder and CEO of Handshake, a career network powering millions of students and employers. He shares lessons on resilience, hiring, culture, scaling leadership, and building with Olympic-level standards.

David Baszucki
Founder & CEO, Roblox
David Baszucki turned a simple 3D physics experiment into Roblox, a global platform with hundreds of millions of users, by trusting his gut, chasing virality, and repeatedly rebuilding the product and himself as a leader.

Mati Staniszewski
Co-founder & CEO
Mati Staniszewski is the CEO and co-founder of ElevenLabs, a $6.6B voice AI company redefining how humans and machines communicate. With a background in technology and product innovation, Mati has built a voice ecosystem where anyone can clone their voice, create agents, and even earn passive income merging AI ethics, scalability, and creativity into a single frontier.

Hayes Barnard
Founder & CEO
Hayes Barnard, founder of GoodLeap, scaled his company into a multibillion-dollar platform by focusing on resilience, ethical choices, and building value in hard markets. Known for his story of overcoming adversity, Hayes inspires entrepreneurs with lessons on leadership, purpose, and perseverance.

Steven Rinella
Founder & CEO
Steven is the founder and CEO of MeatEater, a media company and outdoor lifestyle brand. Known for his honest storytelling and conservationist ethos, Steven has grown MeatEater into a multi-channel powerhouse with books, shows, and gear for outdoor enthusiasts.

Indra Nooyi
Former CEO
Indra Nooyi led PepsiCo through a period of unprecedented growth, pioneering a focus on health conscious products and sustainable development.

Mike Cahill
Founder
Building a real-time price data network for DeFi applications.

Luca Martini
Founder & CEO
How I built a YouTube marketing agency from scratch and scaled to a team of 15 through SEO and content marketing.

Jim Keyes
Former CEO of 7-Eleven and Blockbuster
How I transformed 7-Eleven through innovation and adaptability, turning challenges into opportunities for global growth.

Mark Shapiro
President and CEO
How I'm building a sustainable winning culture in Major League Baseball through people-first leadership and data-driven decision making.