CELEBRITY INTERVIEWS

You may have experienced being trapped in a group chat without your permission. What happens when it’s a work chat? Well, you end up with Slack. Founded in 2009, Slack is a communication tool that provides real-time messaging for workgroups. CEO and co-founder Stewart Butterfield helped raised almost $540 million in venture capital for this platform that has changed ... more >>

Twilio has been called the mightiest unicorn, and we think that may be true. Twilio is a cloud communication company that has attached itself to some of the biggest businesses that you use every day. From Uber to Walmart, the cloud company is a developer’s dream, merging telecommunications, cloud, and web services. Co-founder and CEO Jeff Lawson has had an interesting entrepreneuri... more >>

If you’ve ever had a website that got attacked by cyber hackers, then you understand how devastating it can be. CloudFlare protects website owners from all kinds of threats. Some of the biggest companies like Yelp, Zendesk, and Nasdaq use CloudFlare. Launched in 2009 by Michelle Zatlyn, Matthew Prince, and Lee Holloway, CloudFlare gains about 7,000 new customers daily. MillionaireM... more >>

Gilt Groupe is responsible for many women falling in love with the words-flash sale! Founded in 2007 by Dwight Merriman, Kevin Ryan, Alexis Maybank, and Alexander Wilkis Wilson, Gilt Groupe grew exponentially in a few short years. It was the 50% off sale for Christian Louboutins that placed them on everyone’s email radar. Now ten years later, the internet has made it easy for a lot... more >>

Buying stock has never been as easy as using the app Robinhood. With just a few clicks, you can buy shares right from your phone. Robinhood launched in 2014 and has well over a million users. Created by two Stanford graduates, the app allows customers to trade without paying $7 for each trade. Vladimir Tenev, one of the co-founders of Robinhood, shared how they disrupted the finance indu... more >>

Communicating with family and friends overseas has never been easier. Not only is it easier, but it’s free. WhatsApp, which was created by Jan Koum and Brian Acton, was the result of recreating a product that could actually solve a problem. Now in its 8th year, WhatsApp boasts 1.2 billion users a month with 50 billion messages being exchanged daily. MillionaireMatch got the scoop o... more >>

How the world communicates changed when gifs disrupted social media. Giphy was founded in 2013 by Alex Chung, who is also CEO. The idea first came about when Chung met up with a friend at a bar, and the conversation led to a discussion of the limitations of language. Chung was a Philosophy major and he’s an artist. So, this kind of conversation was normal. Chung is no stranger to ... more >>

The gaming industry claimed $91 billion in revenue in 2016. Kabam definitely helped that number. The mobile gaming company was launched in 2006 and was founded by Kevin Chou, Michael Li, and Holly Liu. Kabam has created hit games such as Edge World, Dragons of Atlantis, Kingdoms of Camelot, and Marvel Contest of Champions which brought in over $350 million. The company was making about $... more >>

Shared rides and carpooling are the way many people are choosing to commute. Waze, founded in 2007 by Ehud Shabtai, Amir Shinar, and Uri Levine, changed the way we use navigation by cutting down the time of daily travel. In major cities like Los Angeles and New York, traffic can be a major problem. Well, Waze just may have the solution with its new addition of carpooling services. Milli... more >>

Every woman has had the experience of missing phone calls because her phone was tucked away in the pocket of her purse. What if you could get phone alerts without looking at your phone? What if it came in the form of jewelry? Well, Christina Mercando, CEO of Ringly, had the right thought when she created smart jewelry. Most of us are familiar with the Apple Watch, but Ringly presents be... more >>