11 leaders. 11 big bets. All designed to push global business forward.

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  • Chairperson, Federal Trade Commission

    Lina Khan

    She's charged with a seemingly impossible task in DC: Hold Big Tech companies accountable. But so far some of her biggest swings have also resulted in high-profile misses. Can she scale back the dominance of some of America's biggest companies?
  • CEO, OpenAI

    Sam Altman

    His company launched ChatGPT and immediately sparked massive debate about next-generation AI. He fast-tracked a technology that might reshape humanity's future, but it's one fraught with major legal, ethical and regulatory implications.
  • Activist

    Theresa Klenk

    When her husband nearly died from heatstroke working as a UPS truck driver, this nurse helped back the high-stakes union negotiations for UPS to add air conditioning to its fleet. The union won, and future vans will have AC. Her fight to get existing trucks equipped continues.
  • CEO, WW International

    Sima Sistani

    She inherited a rebranded WeightWatchers, once known for in-person weight-loss meetings. Now she's spearheading two major risky moves in the opposite direction: a jump into the growing market for prescription obesity drugs and a hard push into digital.
  • Founder, Telfar

    Telfar Clemens

    He built his brand on luxe "Bushwick Birkin" bags that sold out in minutes, attracting new demographics via accessible pricing. To grow beyond popular drops, he's trying dynamic pricing, streaming and physical stores — all while working to stay inclusive.
  • Co-founder and CEO, Spill

    Alphonzo Terrell

    Elon Musk laid off this former Twitter employee. Instead of returning to Big Tech, he launched a competing platform attempting what no major player has managed to pull off: creating a safe space for minorities. To do so, he's rethinking content moderation and creator payments.
  • CEO, UBS

    Sergio Ermotti

    He left the top job at UBS in 2020 and went on to chair a Swiss insurer. Just three years later, the call came: UBS needed him back to steer the emergency takeover of Credit Suisse. Can the returning CEO pull off one of history's trickiest banking tie-ups?
  • CEO, Apple

    Tim Cook

    He could retire today and be remembered among the decade's most successful CEOs. Instead, he's betting his legacy on Apple's first revolutionary hardware product under his leadership: the Vision Pro mixed-reality headset. Success is anything but guaranteed.
  • EVP and Chief People Officer, Autodesk

    Rebecca Pearce

    While many tech companies agonized over when and how to make workers return to office, she found a solution: Let managers decide what's best for their teams. But she knew that risked making Autodesk look like it punted on a decision and gave in to workers.
  • CEO, Land O'Lakes

    Beth Ford

    As a farmer-owned co-op, this century-old company has long understood the needs of rural areas. That's why its CEO is paying farmers to adopt more sustainable practices and bringing broadband to far-flung communities. But not everyone wants change.
  • Chair and CEO, Foxconn

    Young Liu

    His company is famous for manufacturing iPhones — and for alleged worker abuse in China. Now Foxconn wants to build electric vehicles for automakers. But Foxconn has already faced one nasty breakup with an American EV maker.

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      Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images, Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images, Justin Sullivan/Getty Images, Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg/Getty Images, Courtesy Land O'Lakes, Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA/AP, Zoe Todd/CNN, Ann Wang/Reuters, Courtesy Autodesk, Erica Shroeder, Maya Umemoto Gorman/Washington Post/Getty Images.