He started Insperity in a 600-square-foot office. Forty years later, Paul J. Sarvadi is still working on the same problem: giving business owners room to lead, and employees room to contribute.

At Quilt, three executives share one unusually broad business partner. Her real brief is larger: helping a young climate company grow without letting the human details fall through the floorboards.

Jack Altman co-founded Lattice in 2015, built it into a $3 billion HR software platform used by thousands of companies, then stepped down as CEO in 2023 to become a full-time investor. He raised two funds totaling $425 million under Alt Capital before joining Benchmark as a General Partner in February 2026 - one of venture's most storied and flat-structured firms. He is also a WSJ bestselling author, podcast host, and the younger brother of OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman.