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George Kurtz and the trouble with going faster
An accountant became a cybersecurity founder, then an endurance racer and Formula One co-owner. George Kurtz’s career turns on a harder question: how do you move quickly and keep the whole operation running?
Michon Martin and the art of getting a city to yes
Before she led R&R Partners, Michon Martin made her case in courtrooms and the Nevada governor’s office. In Las Vegas, those habits of persuasion helped turn a sports ambition into a citywide undertaking.
PhysicsX Wants Engineers to Stop Waiting for Physics
Born from Formula One's impatience, PhysicsX turns expensive simulations into near-instant engineering answers. Its real product is not a magic oracle but a carefully governed loop of data, models, validation and engineers who know when to call the old solver back in.
Red Bull
Red Bull sells a small can at global scale, then reinvests attention into racing, football, films, athletes and events. The result is less a sponsorship strategy than a self-reinforcing distribution system for culture.
Chad Hurley
Chad Meredith Hurley (born January 24, 1977, Reading, PA) is an American entrepreneur and tech visionary best known as the co-founder and first CEO of YouTube, which he built alongside Steve Chen and Jawed Karim in 2005 and sold to Google in October 2006 for $1.65 billion - just 18 months after launch. Armed with a Fine Arts degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania rather than a computer science background, Hurley's design instincts shaped YouTube's iconic UI and pioneered the embeddable video player that fueled viral growth; he had previously designed the original PayPal logo during his job interview. After stepping down from YouTube in 2010, he co-founded AVOS Systems and MixBit, launched the sports gaming platform GreenPark Sports (which raised $53M+), and in 2023 founded EyeTell, an AI-powered video script generation startup. He holds minority ownership stakes in the Golden State Warriors (NBA), LA Football Club (MLS), and Leeds United (EPL), and received a Lifetime Achievement Emmy in 2019. Estimated at $700-800 million in net worth, Hurley remains a prolific investor and quiet force in Silicon Valley, famously reclusive despite his outsized impact on how the world creates and consumes video.