
Two companies he led were acquired in just over a year. At Incyte, Bill Meury brings a longer apprenticeship in finance, commercial operations and the delicate business of getting people to work together.

Years after raising his first money for Welldoc, Ryan Sysko brought the old slides back onstage. The replay offers a useful way into the career of a founder who calls himself a generalist.

First came an internet bank and the software behind it. Then came Live Oak and nCino. Chip Mahan’s career turns on a recurring question: who else could use what we just built?