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Andrew Raso and the trouble with being everyone’s friend
Andrew Raso built Online Marketing Gurus by finding common ground. Growing it across borders meant learning when a friendly conversation had to become a difficult one.
Ankush Grover and the restaurant nobody had seen
He joined Faasos in 2012 and became Rebel Foods’ global CEO in July 2025. In between, Ankush Grover helped rethink what a restaurant needs to be when dinner comes to the customer.
Andrea Diquez and the business of a good laugh
A theatre-loving Venezuelan found her way into advertising and stayed for the people. Now GUT’s global CEO, Andrea Diquez is taking a familiar conviction into a much larger network: creative work needs room to be brave, and a reason to exist.
Mario Muredda and the value of changing your mind
He left a doctorate unfinished and built a career in advertising. Now, as Global CEO of Ogilvy Health, Mario Muredda is asking what happens when talented people stop working in separate rooms.
Ben Fox Built a Global Agency by Getting Out of Its Way
He began with a Dell laptop, a phone and what he calls a healthy amount of fear. Fifteen years later, Ben Fox is learning that a founder's hardest job may be making the company less dependent on its founder.
Bruno Caratori
Bruno Caratori is the co-founder and Global CEO of Hashdex, one of the world's leading regulated crypto asset managers. A Brazilian electrical engineer turned financial technologist, he helped build Hashdex from a 2018 startup into a firm operating across eight countries with regulated crypto investment products including Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs. He was named Global CEO in March 2026 after years as COO, having earlier worked in investment risk at Gavea Investimentos and led product at the education network Edmodo.
Donnalyn Smith
Donnalyn Smith is the Global CEO of Momentum Worldwide, the experiential and brand-experience agency within the Interpublic Group. She joined Momentum in 1995 and rose through account leadership, managing director and regional roles to President of North America before being named Global CEO in November 2022. Under her leadership Momentum has been named Experiential Agency of the Year by Adweek and Campaign US and Employer of the Year by Digiday. A founding member of the #TimesUpAdvertising movement and a She Runs It Trailblazer Mom of the Year, she is a vocal advocate for diversity, fairness and support systems for working parents in the industry.
Aurelian Lis
Aurelian Lis is the Global CEO of Dermalogica, the professional skin-care brand owned by Unilever Prestige. A self-described 'nerdy physicist with a love for cosmetics,' he took the top job in January 2016 after quadrupling Benefit Cosmetics' Americas business to roughly $500 million as its general manager. Trained in physics at Oxford and business at INSEAD, Lis built and sold his own customized skincare company before bringing a science-meets-emotion philosophy and a habit of relentless iteration to one of the world's leading professional skincare houses.