# People

For each person there is a link to tell you about who each person is, why their research and ideas matter and why you should pay attention to them.

[Ray Kurzweil](https://www.thekurzweillibrary.com/)

[Peter Diamandis](https://www.diamandis.com/)

[Elon Musk](https://www.tesla.com/elon-musk)

[Jack Dorsey](https://twitter.com/jack?lang=en)

[Cathie Wood](https://www.ark-invest.com/our-team/)

[Tony Seba](https://tonyseba.com/)

[Andreas Antonopoulos](https://aantonop.com/)

[Lyn Alden](https://www.lynalden.com/)

[Dr. Jeff Booth](https://www.jeffbooth.ca/)

[Dr. Saifedean Ammous](https://saifedean.com/)

[Dr. Muneeb Ali](https://twitter.com/muneeb)

[Preston Pysh](https://twitter.com/PrestonPysh)

[Chris Ciovacco](https://twitter.com/CiovaccoCapital?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)

[Chamath Palihapitiya](https://twitter.com/chamath)

[Jason Calacanus](https://twitter.com/jason)

[Gary Tan](https://initialized.com/team)

[Anthony Pompliano](https://www.anthonypompliano.com/)

[Roaul Paul](https://www.realvision.com/contributor/raoul-pal)

[Marc Andreessen](https://a16z.com/author/marc-andreessen/)

[Ben Horowitz](https://a16z.com/author/ben-horowitz/)

[Chris Dixon](https://a16z.com/author/chris-dixon/)

[Joe Lonsdale](https://www.8vc.com/team/joe-lonsdale)

[Reid Hoffman](https://greylock.com/team/reid-hoffman/?back_link=investors)

[Alex Karp](https://twitter.com/PalantirTech)

[Anthony Noto](https://twitter.com/anthonynoto)

[Alex Chriss](https://about.pypl.com/who-we-are/executive-leadership/alex-chriss/default.aspx)

[Tim Draper](https://www.draper.vc/team/tim-draper)

[David Weild IV - Father of the JOBS Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Weild_IV#:~:text=The%20JOBS%20Act%20was%20signed,Act%2C%20according%20to%20Forbes%20Magazine.)

[Brad Gerstner - Altimeter Capital](https://www.altimeter.com/home)

[John and Patrick Colison - Founders of Stripe](https://www.startupgrind.com/blog/the-collison-brothers-and-story-behind-the-founding-of-stripe/)

[Jack Hidary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Hidary) - [SandboxAQ](https://www.sandboxaq.com/)


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