10 CEOs and Founders to See at Web Summit

Posted September 10, 2015. By Anna O'Hare

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A thousand of the most influential and inspiring people in the tech world are set to descend on Dublin this November as part of Web Summit. This includes a long list of CEOs and founders who are behind some of the most successful companies of recent years. We’ve cherry-picked 10 of the most exciting Web Summit speakers to give you a taste of what’s to come.

Stewart Butterfield – Co-founder & CEO of Slack

Stewart Butterfield

Slack, the group messaging app proclaimed as the ultimate “email killer”, is fronted by Stewart Butterfield. Stewart is no stranger to the startup scene. In 2004 he launched Flickr, a photo sharing website which would grow to reach over 92 million users. It was during his time at Flickr that Stewart was named one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” by Time Magazine.

Sean Rad – Co-founder & CEO of Tinder

Sean-Rad

As the CEO of Tinder, Sean is responsible for the dating app that got the world swiping. Sean studied Business at USC but dropped out to start his first business, Orgoo. He also founded celebrity-endorsement marketing company Adly.

Michelle Peluso – CEO of Gilt

Michelle Peluso

Named as one of Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business”, Michelle is the CEO of Gilt, a membership-only, discounted fashion website. Her leadership style is unusual for such an established company – she doesn’t have an office, preferring instead to rotate between her time with various teams within Gilt. Prior to Gilt, Michelle was the CEO of Travelocity.

Other speakers include:

Mike Krieger – Co-founder of Instagram

Lisa Falzone – Co-founder & CEO of Revel Systems

Sonny Vu – Co-founder & CEO of Misfit

Kristo Kaarmann – Co-founder & CEO of TransferWise

Corinne Vigreux – Co-founder & CEO of TomTom

Bill Ready – CEO of Braintree

Ian Ayre – CEO of Liverpool Football Club

To see these incredible speakers, get your Web Summit ticket now.

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