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Discover insights from 18 interviews with founders and CEOs who started their companies in 2015 or earlier.

18 Companies Started in 2015 or earlier

Learn from founders and CEOs who launched their businesses in 2015 or earlier

Debra Crew
Production, Marketing, Retail, eCommerce

Debra Crew

CEO of Diageo

$1.4 billion/month
4.9/5
Manufacturing
B2B
B2C
30,000+
UK
Started 1997

How I'm transforming Diageo's culture and driving innovation in the spirits industry through data-driven decision making and balanced leadership.

May 5, 2024Read Interview
Jim Keyes
Retail, eCommerce, Production, Marketing

Jim Keyes

Former CEO of 7-Eleven and Blockbuster

$100K–$500K/month
4.8/5
Manufacturing
B2B
B2C
Marketplace
50+
USA
Started 1927

How I transformed 7-Eleven through innovation and adaptability, turning challenges into opportunities for global growth.

May 1, 2024Read Interview
Zach Yadegari
AI, Health & Wellness, Technology, SaaS

Zach Yadegari

Founder

$2 million/month
4.9/5
B2C
Subscription-based
Freemium
B2B
20 employees
USA
Started 2015

How I built an AI-powered calorie tracking app that disrupted the fitness industry and scaled to $24M in yearly revenue.

June 8, 2024Read Interview
David Mizrahi
Retail, Marketplace, Technology

David Mizrahi

Founder & CEO

$1M+/month
4.9/5
B2C
B2B
50+
USA
Started 2015 or earlier

High school dropout to hospitality leader: David Mizrahi turned a failing shawarma shop into a fast growing group behind Salt Steakhouse, LBK Grill, Soya, Pepe Kitchen, Salt Market, and Bubby’s Bagels. His playbook: customer first service, responsible growth, and hands on leadership.

September 8, 2025Read Interview
Dan Martell
SaaS, Marketing, Agencies, Edu

Dan Martell

Founder

$1M+/month
4.9/5
B2B
Subscription-based
Agency
50+
Canada
Started 2015 or earlier

Dan Martell built, scaled, and exited multiple SaaS companies, then reinvented himself as one of the leading coaches and investors for founders worldwide. His approach blends gratitude, flow, and systems with tactical growth strategies.

September 15, 2025Read Interview
Marc Rowan
Finance, Investment, Technology

Marc Rowan

CEO & Co-Founder

$1M+/month
4.9/5
B2B
Subscription-based
50+
USA
Started 1990

Marc Rowan co-founded Apollo Global Management and grew it into one of the largest alternative investment firms in the world. He believes the future of investing is not only in equities but also in private markets, which now underpin most of the economy. His mission is to open these markets to individuals, create better diversification, and redefine wealth management.

September 26, 2025Read Interview
Christine Hutter
Production, Technology, Luxury

Christine Hutter

CEO & Founder

$1M+/month
4.9/5
B2C
Manufacturing
50+
Germany
Started 2008

Christine Hutter, a trained watchmaker and entrepreneur, founded Moritz Grossmann in Glashütte. She built the brand from scratch into one of the most respected independent watch manufacturers in Germany, combining traditional craftsmanship with useful innovation. Her leadership philosophy blends patience, independence, and a deep respect for horological heritage.

September 29, 2025Read Interview
Rishi Das
Technology, Production

Rishi Das

Co-founder & CEO

$1M+/month
4.8/5
B2B
Subscription-based
50+
India
Started 2015 or earlier

Rishi Das is a serial entrepreneur who helped shape India’s talent story with CareerNet and later co-founded IndiQube to redefine flexible workspaces. His approach blends ecosystem thinking, employee-centric design, and frugal innovation, doing more with less while building sustainable growth across India’s tier-2 and tier-3 cities.

October 3, 2025Read Interview
Mani Vembu
SaaS, Technology, AI

Mani Vembu

CEO

$1B+/month
4.9/5
B2B
Subscription-based
20,000+
India
Started 1996

Mani Vembu is the CEO of Zoho Corporation, a billion dollar SaaS company that remains proudly private after nearly three decades of innovation. Known for its culture of experimentation, long term thinking, and deep commitment to talent creation, Zoho has redefined what it means to scale responsibly while staying true to its roots in India.

October 15, 2025Read Interview
Dan Moorehead
Technology, Finance, Cryptocurrency

Dan Moorehead

Founder & CEO

$1M+/month
4.9/5
B2B
50+
USA
Started 2015 or earlier

Dan Moorehead runs a crypto-first macro shop. His method is simple: find asymmetric trades, size so you can hold through 85% drawdowns, and let time and network effects do the compounding.

November 08, 2025Read Interview
Vlad Tenev
Finance, Technology, Cryptocurrency

Vlad Tenev

Co-founder & CEO

$1M+/month
4.9/5
B2C
B2B
50+
USA
Started 2015 or earlier

Vlad Tenev is turning Robinhood into a financial super app by staying on the frontier of 24-hour equities, crypto as infrastructure, prediction markets, and AI tools like Cortex, while keeping revenue growing fast and costs under control.

November 18, 2025Read Interview
Alex Karp
Technology, AI, Defense

Alex Karp

Co-founder & CEO

$1M+/month
4.9/5
B2B
50+
USA
Started 2015 or earlier

Alex Karp has spent two decades building Palantir as a “freak show” that breaks every playbook: flat hierarchy, radical meritocracy, deep ties to the U.S. military, and a culture that treats product building more like art than enterprise software.

November 21, 2025Read Interview
Dave Ricks
Pharmaceuticals, AI, Health & Wellness

Dave Ricks

Chair & CEO

$1M+/month
4.8/5
B2B
50+
USA
Started 2015 or earlier

Dave Ricks is leading Eli Lilly through the GLP-1 boom and an AI-powered R&D shift, trying to compress drug discovery timelines while keeping a hard focus on safety, access, and real-world outcomes.

November 23, 2025Read Interview
Tan Su Shan
Banking, AI, Finance

Tan Su Shan

Group CEO & Director

$1M+/month
4.8/5
B2B
B2C
50+
Singapore
Started 2015 or earlier

Tan Su Shan is leading DBS through a volatile macro cycle, pushing diversification, AI-enabled banking, and digital assets while trying to keep the bank dependable and human at the same time.

November 26, 2025Read Interview
Garry Ridge
Retail, Production

Garry Ridge

Chairman Emeritus, Former CEO & Founder of The Learning Moment

$1M+/month
4.9/5
B2B
B2C
Manufacturing
50+
USA
Started 2015 or earlier

Garry Ridge led WD-40 Company for 25 years, turning a simple blue-and-yellow can into a multi-billion-dollar global brand and a 93% engagement “tribe,” using servant leadership, learning moments, and radical humility as his playbook.

December 1, 2025Read Interview
David Baszucki
Technology, Creators, Marketplace

David Baszucki

Founder & CEO, Roblox

$1M+/month
4.9/5
B2C
Marketplace
Subscription-based
50+
USA
Started 2015 or earlier

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.

December 2, 2025Read Interview
Greg Marcus
Retail, Production

Greg Marcus

President & CEO, The Marcus Corporation

$1M+/month
4.8/5
B2C
B2B
50+
USA
Started 2015 or earlier

Greg Marcus grew up in a 90-year-old family business and helped steer The Marcus Corporation through streaming, pandemics, and generational change by holding to Ben’s commandments, owning real estate, betting on community, and turning moviegoing into a two-hour vacation with recliners, burgers, and a familiar face on the screen.

December 3, 2025Read Interview
John Nunziato
Agencies, Marketing

John Nunziato

Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Little Big Brands

$500K–$1M/month
4.8/5
B2B
Agency
21–50
USA
Started 2015 or earlier

John Nunziato walked away from big agencies and timesheets after 9/11 to build Little Big Brands, a 25-year independent shop that puts brand first, ego last. He grew a one-man package design studio into a full brand and advertising partner that evolves global CPGs, keeps clients for decades, and treats asset consistency, long-term relationships, and honest feedback as real competitive edges.

December 4, 2025Read Interview