The Leaders
Eight lives, twice lived
Architects who became biologists, economists who build furniture. Each leader below has been profiled in print — and every one of them started over at least once.
Ines Valdés-Okafor
Architect & Materials Scientist
Lisbon, Portugal
Saoirse Lindqvist
Neuroscientist & Composer
Reykjavík, Iceland
Tomasz Achterberg
Economist & Furniture Maker
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Nkechi Moreau-Hale
Robotics Engineer & Choreographer
Lagos & Paris
Ren Isobe-Carvalho
Typographer & Venture Investor
Tokyo & São Paulo
Halvard Ostrom
Marine Biologist & Photographer
Bergen, Norway
Amaya Khoury
Software Founder & Textile Artist
Beirut & Montréal
Dov Ferreira-Lund
Chef & Food Systems Economist
Copenhagen, Denmark