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The first artist ever appointed to lead an Art Basel fair. Wael Shawky's dual role as Artistic Director of Art Basel Qatar and Qatar Museums' Fire Station positions him at the center of the Gulf's most ambitious cultural bet.
The self-taught Northern Irish designer who runs two fashion houses simultaneously — proving that intellectual rigor and craft obsession beat the loud-logo playbook.
Palmer Luckey sold Oculus for $2B at 22, got fired from Facebook, then built Anduril Industries — now valued at $60B — into the company quietly reshaping how the US military operates. The most consequential second act in tech.
German-born programmer who dropped out at 16, built a snowboard shop, and accidentally created the $170B anti-Amazon. Still codes daily. Still races cars. Still thinks like a Zerg player.