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Rob Runesson

Rob Runesson, also printed as Robert Runesson, is a Swedish video-game art director who co-founded Embark Studios in 2018 and served as its chief content officer until 2026.

Rob van den Heuvel

Rob van den Heuvel is a Dutch technology entrepreneur who co-founded Sendcloud in Eindhoven in 2012 and leads it as chief executive, serving more than 30,000 online merchants across Europe.

Robert Falck

Robert Falck is a Swedish entrepreneur who founded the autonomous electric freight company Einride in Stockholm in 2016 and led it as chief executive until 2025.

Robert Gentz

Robert Gentz is a German entrepreneur who co-founded Zalando, the Berlin-based online fashion retailer, in 2008 and has led it as co-CEO, building it into Europe's leading online fashion platform serving over 60 million customers.

Robert Kupstas

Robert Kupstas is an American-trained energy-policy specialist and entrepreneur who co-founded Pure Harvest Smart Farms, a high-tech greenhouse farming company in Abu Dhabi, in 2016.

Rodolphe Ardant

Rodolphe Ardant is a French technology entrepreneur who co-founded Spendesk, the Paris-based spend management platform, in 2016 and led it as CEO to unicorn status in 2022.

Rodrigo Batista

Rodrigo Batista is a Brazilian entrepreneur who created the cryptocurrency exchange Mercado Bitcoin in 2013, led it as CEO until selling his stake in 2019, and founded the global exchange Digitra.com.

Rodrigo Galindo

Rodrigo Calvo Galindo is a Brazilian education executive who was chief executive of Kroton from 2011 and of Cogna Educação from 2019, and has chaired Cogna's board since 2022.

Rodrigo Maroja

Rodrigo Maroja is a Brazilian technology executive from Brasília, co-founder and COO of Daki, the São Paulo quick-commerce grocery platform that became a unicorn in 2021.

Roey Izkovsky

Roey Izkovsky was an Israeli technology entrepreneur who co-founded Simply (formerly JoyTunes), the Tel Aviv music-learning app company, serving as CTO and building its acoustic recognition technology; Simply reached unicorn status in 2021.

Roger Laughlin Carvallo

Roger Laughlin Carvallo is a Venezuelan-born technology entrepreneur who co-founded the Mexican used-car platform Kavak in 2016 and was chief executive of Kavak Brazil from 2020 to 2024.

Romero Rodrigues

Romero Rodrigues is a Brazilian entrepreneur who co-founded the price-comparison site Buscapé in 1998, ran it until its $342 million sale to Naspers in 2009, and became a venture capital partner.

Romi Savova

Romi Savova, also known as Romina Savova, is a Bulgarian-born British fintech entrepreneur who founded the online pension provider PensionBee in 2014 and led its 2021 London Stock Exchange listing.

Ronaldo Mouchawar

Ronaldo Mouchawar (رونالدو مشحور) is a Syrian entrepreneur who co-founded Souq.com, the Arab world's largest e-commerce platform, in Dubai in 2005 and led it until Amazon acquired it in 2017.

Roy Mann

Roy Mann (רוי מן) is an Israeli software entrepreneur who co-founded monday.com in Tel Aviv in 2012 and has served as its Co-CEO since, taking the company public on the Nasdaq in 2021.

rradar

rradar is a UK legal services and legal technology group headquartered in Hull, England, founded in 2012 by solicitor Gary Gallen, who remains its chief executive.

Ruben Bjerg Hansen

Ruben Bjerg Hansen, born 1976 in Holstebro, Denmark, is a Danish designer who co-founded the digital publishing platform Issuu and led its design until 2015.

Russell Kay

Russell Kay is a Scottish video game developer and businessman who co-founded DMA Design in Dundee, the studio later renamed Rockstar North, and programmed the PC version of Lemmings.

Ruud Pierik

Ruud Pierik is a Dutch entrepreneur who founded Elektramat, an online electrotechnical wholesaler in Enschede, in 2006, building it to over €160 million in revenue before selling a majority stake in 2023.

Sacha Poignonnec

Sacha Poignonnec is a business executive who co-founded Jumia, the pan-African e-commerce company, and led it as co-CEO with Jeremy Hodara from 2012 until November 2022.

Sachin Dev Duggal

Sachin Dev Duggal is a British technology entrepreneur who founded Builder.ai in London in 2016, won the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2023 UK title, and saw the company collapse in 2025.

Saeid Mohammadi

Saeid Mohammadi (سعید محمدی) is an Iranian technology entrepreneur who co-founded Digikala, Iran's largest e-commerce marketplace, with his twin brother Hamid in Tehran in 2006.

Sagi Gidali

Sagi Gidali is an Israeli cybersecurity entrepreneur who co-founded SaferVPN and Perimeter 81 with Amit Bareket; Check Point acquired Perimeter 81 for about $490 million in 2023.

Saman Darkan

Saman Darkan is a Dubai-based technology executive who co-founded Kitopi, a managed cloud kitchen platform, in 2018, and serves as its Chief Technology and Product Officer.

Sami Alhelwah

Sami Alhelwah, also printed Al-Helwah or Alhulwah, is a Saudi entrepreneur and founder of Nana, an online grocery delivery service, which he has led as CEO since August 2016.

Samuel Weinbach

Samuel Weinbach is a German technology entrepreneur who co-founded the Heidelberg AI company Aleph Alpha with Jonas Andrulis in 2019 and is designated to become Cohere's Chief Research Officer under their 2026 merger.

Santiago Sosa

Santiago Sosa is an Argentine engineer and entrepreneur, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nuvemshop, an e-commerce platform known as Tiendanube that was founded in 2011 in Buenos Aires and valued at US$3.1 billion in 2021.

Santiago Suárez

Santiago Suárez is a Colombian technology entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of Addi, a buy now, pay later company in Bogotá that he founded in 2018 after a finance career at J.P. Morgan and Lending Club.

Sarwa

Sarwa is a UAE fintech and investment platform founded in 2017 and headquartered in Abu Dhabi, combining managed ETF portfolios with self-directed trading in US stocks, options, and crypto.

Sary

Sary is a Saudi B2B e-commerce marketplace founded in Riyadh in 2018 by Mohammed Aldossary and Khaled Alsiari, connecting small businesses with wholesalers; it merged with Bangladesh's ShopUp in 2025 to form SILQ Group.