The Entrepreneurs
A weekly deep dive into global business. Inspiring stories from startups to legacy brands in hospitality, design, fashion, and retail.
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Duolingo
Luis von Ahn is co-founder and CEO of Duolingo, the world’s most popular language-learning tool, teaching more than 35 languages to 300 million people globally. Presented like a game, the platform plays to our…
Folk
Folk’s creative director Cathal McAteer founded the streetwear label in 2002 after moving to London from Glasgow. Known for their lush materials, wearable feel and smart details, Folk’s clothes have cult status worldwide. The…
Norma Kamali
This New York-based fashion designer, whose career spans five decades, has always been ahead of the curve, whether reusing parachute silk, designing the sleeping-bag puffer coat that made her name, becoming obsessed with personal…
Beryl
Emily Brooke is the founder of Beryl, the cycling company behind a new bike-sharing scheme in London with sharp mint green bikes. Emily is also the inventor of the green laserlight integrated into hire…
Hövding
Fredrik Carling is the CEO of Hövding, a Malmö-based company that makes what it calls the world’s safest cycling helmet: an airbag that inflates from a collar around the neck. The idea of industrial-design…
Maurten
Olof Sköld is the co-founder and CEO of Gothenburg’s sports-nutrition brand Maurten, whose hydrogel technology allows athletes to ingest high levels of carbohydrate while avoiding gastrointestinal issues. And owing to a client list that…
Perfumer H
Lyn Harris is the founder of Perfumer H, the boutique brand, shop and working laboratory she runs in London’s Marylebone neighbourhood. Harris is one of the most well-known names in the world of fragrance;…
Tania Adir, Uncommon
Adir is the co-founder and CEO of Uncommon, a company using research into wellbeing to create beautiful co-working spaces. Launched in 2014, it has four locations, including a property on London’s Liverpool Street. After…
Fiol Prosecco
Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo is the co-founder of Fiol Prosecco. Gian Luca grew up in a wine-producing family in the Prosecco region and, after years of working for Armani and Moncler in Milan,…
What3words
Chris Sheldrick is the CEO and co-founder of What3words, an easy-to-use geocoding system that the London company believes can be a new standard for sharing precise locations. It has created a three metre by…
