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Hande Cilingir

Hande Çilingir is a Turkish technology executive who co-founded the customer engagement software company Insider, now Insider One, in 2012 and has served as its chief executive officer since.

Hanno Renner

Hanno Renner is a German technology entrepreneur who co-founded Personio, a Munich-based HR software provider for small and mid-sized companies, in 2015 and serves as its chief executive officer.

Hans J. Langer

Hans J. Langer is a German physicist and entrepreneur who founded the industrial 3D-printing company EOS GmbH near Munich in 1989; Forbes calls him the world's first 3D-printing billionaire.

Hans Steinbichler

Hans Steinbichler is a German pioneer in laser and optical metrology who co-founded the industrial 3D printing company EOS GmbH with Hans J. Langer in 1989.

Hao Chushi

Hao Chushi (好厨师, "Good Chef") was a Shanghai on-demand private-chef platform founded in 2014, letting users book chefs to cook meals in their homes through an app.

Happiest Minds Technologies

Happiest Minds Technologies is a Bengaluru-headquartered Indian IT services company founded in 2011 by Ashok Soota, listed on the NSE since 2020 and merging with ITC Infotech in 2026.

Harald Mix

Harald Mix is a Swedish private equity investor based in Stockholm who co-founded Industri Kapital and Altor and backed Northvolt and green steel company Stegra through Vargas Holding.

Hardy Pemhiwa

Hardy Pemhiwa is a technology executive serving as President and Group CEO of Cassava Technologies, a UK-headquartered pan-African digital infrastructure group, after six years leading Econet.

Harishankaran Karunanidhi (HackerRank)

Harishankaran Karunanidhi, also known as Hari Karunanidhi, is an Indian software engineer who co-founded HackerRank in Bangalore in 2009 and serves as its chief technology officer.

Harlan Anderson

Harlan Anderson (1929–2019) was an American engineer and venture investor who co-founded Digital Equipment Corporation with Ken Olsen in 1957, left in 1966, and later invested in technology companies.

Harsh Jain

Harsh Jain is an Indian technology entrepreneur who co-founded Dream Sports, the Mumbai company behind the Dream11 fantasy sports platform, and serves as its chief executive officer.

Harshil Mathur

Harshil Mathur (हर्षिल माथुर) is an Indian fintech entrepreneur who co-founded Razorpay, India's largest payment gateway, in 2014 and leads it as chief executive officer.

HashiCorp

HashiCorp is a developer-tools company co-founded in 2012 by Mitchell Hashimoto and Armon Dadgar, known for Terraform, Vault, and Consul, and acquired by IBM in 2025.

Hassan Hamdan (Saudi entrepreneur)

Hassan Hamdan is a Saudi entrepreneur who co-founded Unifonic, a Riyadh-based customer engagement platform, in 2006 with his brother Ahmed, serving as its chief technology officer.

Hasso Plattner

Hasso Plattner, born 1944 in Berlin, is a German software entrepreneur who co-founded SAP in 1972, served as co-CEO, and chaired its Supervisory Board until 2024.

HC Group

HC Group (慧聪集团), known as Huicong or HC International, is a Beijing-based Chinese company founded by Guo Fansheng in 1992 that pioneered B2B business-information services in China.

HCL

HCL is an Indian technology group founded by Shiv Nadar in 1976, best known through HCL Technologies (HCLTech), a Noida-headquartered provider of IT services and software.

He Xiaopeng

He Xiaopeng (何小鹏) is a Chinese entrepreneur who co-founded the UC browser, sold to Alibaba in 2014, and leads XPeng Motors, which delivered 429,445 vehicles in 2025.

Heinz Nixdorf

Heinz Nixdorf (1925–1986) was a German computing pioneer who built Nixdorf Computer AG of Paderborn into one of Europe's leading computer makers, with 23,000 employees.

Helmut Schelling

Helmut Schelling is a German electrical engineer who co-founded Vector Informatik in 1988 near Stuttgart, growing it into an automotive software firm with over 4,500 employees.

Hema Fresh

Hema Fresh (盒马鲜生, Freshippo) is a Shanghai-based fresh-grocery chain founded by Hou Yi inside Alibaba in 2015, fusing supermarkets with 30-minute delivery in its "new retail" model.

Hemesh Singh

Hemesh Singh is an Indian technology entrepreneur who co-founded the Bengaluru ed-tech company Unacademy in 2015 with Gaurav Munjal and Roman Saini, serving as its chief technology officer until 2024.

Henrik Landgren

Henrik Landgren is a Swedish technology executive who co-founded the Stockholm AI lending firm Gilion in 2021, after serving as Spotify's first VP of analytics.

Henrique Dubugras

Henrique Dubugras is a Brazilian entrepreneur from São Paulo who co-founded the corporate-card fintech Brex in 2017, led it as co-CEO until 2024, and became chairman before its 2026 sale to Capital One.

Henrique Weaver

Henrique Weaver is a Brazilian fintech entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of Pagaleve, founded in 2021, whose Pix installment payments reached US$100 million in annualized revenue by 2026.

Henry Burkhardt III

Henry Burkhardt III is an American computer designer and entrepreneur who co-founded Data General in 1968, designed the Nova's instruction set, and later founded Encore Computer and Kendall Square Research.

Henry Nicholas

Henry Nicholas is an American businessman and electrical engineer who co-founded the semiconductor company Broadcom in 1991 and led it as president and CEO until 2003.

Herman Narula

Herman Narula, born 1988, is a British technology founder and CEO who co-founded Improbable in 2012, a London virtual worlds company valued above $1 billion after a SoftBank investment in 2017.

Hessam Armandehi

Hessam Armandehi (حسام آرمندهی) is an Iranian technology entrepreneur who co-founded Cafe Bazaar, the Tehran-based Android app store, with Reza Mohammadi, and originated the Divar classifieds platform.

Hichem M'Saad

Hichem M'Saad, born 1965, is a US and Tunisian semiconductor executive who has served as CEO of Dutch equipment maker ASM International since May 2024.