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bold types video series | Season 5

Will Ahmed

As CEO and founder of fitness technology firm Whoop, Will Ahmed has built the Boston-based company into a $3.6 billion brand, with celebrity investors like Michael Phelps, LeBron James, and Cristiano Ronaldo. It’s a remarkable degree of success for a fitness tracker that doesn’t measure steps or even tell you the time.

Emily Knight

As president of The Engine Accelerator, a “tough tech” incubator in Kendall Square, Knight plays host to breakthrough businesses working on world-changing ideas like commercial fusion and solutions to climate change.

Jarred Johnson

The executive director of TransitMatters has helped hold the MBTA accountable as the region recovers from the pandemic. Now, he's working to push for more access for more riders.

Rana el Kaliouby

el Kaliouby is the Deputy CEO for Smart Eye, a Swedish company that makes driver monitoring systems to help reduce the risk of distracted driving.

Katie Theoharides

Theoharides wants to ensure that the organization she leads, the Trustees of Reservations, is doing its part to help mitigate climate change.

Ron Shaich

The Brookline-based restaurateur was among the first to recognize the promise of fast-casual dining. He's still hungry for more.

About Janelle Nanos

Janelle Nanos is a business enterprise reporter. She sits down with leaders in the city's business community to talk career paths, work, and accomplishments.

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Corey Thomas is taking on competitiveness, for Boston

EF’s Durflinger aims to bring more adventure to the masses

Rachel Kaprielian to succeed Coleman Nee as CEO of Malden nonprofit

The curtain comes up on a new leader at the Boch Center: Casey Soward

About Jon Chesto

Jon Chesto is a business reporter. He compiles a weekly roundup of the movers and shakers on Boston's business scene.

season 4

Josh Aviv

The founder and chief executive of the Somerville-based company is creating infrastructure to let more people get behind the wheel of electric vehicles.

Christophe Chantre

The co-founder of Tender, which works out of Greentown Labs in Somerville, is hoping to fight climate change by creating a version of plant-based meat that tastes, well, meatier.

Claire Cheney

The owner of the North Cambridge-based company wants to support small growers by keeping a short supply chain, putting more money in the pockets of the farmers.

Nick Falkoff

Falkoff, among the region’s leaders in pushing for high-performance techniques in homebuilding, is educating people on how construct buildings in ways that are better for the planet.

Charley Cummings

The founder of Walden Local Meat Co., which distributes locally raised meat and dairy throughout the Northeast, is creating a mutual bank that will lend to farmers and agricultural entrepreneurs who are working to create a sustainable food system.

Andrea Stanley

As the co-founder of a malthouse and flour mill in Holyoke, she supplies brewers and bakers with grains grown throughout the Northeast, helping create a more sustainable supply chain.

Season 3

Tracy Chang

Tracy Chang is the owner and chef at Pagu, a Japanese tapas restaurant in Cambridge. Chang speaks about creating two nonprofits during the pandemic to help feed frontline workers and to deliver groceries to restaurant workers in need.

Maria Camila Vasco

The 23-year-old is the owner of Boston’s first zero-waste store, Uvida in the North End, which opened last year during pandemic. Vasco wants to change how we shop, one toothbrush at a time.

Rach Junard and Jaylee Momplaisir

You Good Sis is a Boston wellness collective that aims to create a space for mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing.

TJ and Hadley Douglas

TJ and Hadley Douglas of the Ubran Grape said sharing their experiences running a Black and woman-owned business has deepened their connection with customers.

Jae'da Turner

Jae’da Turner, founder of Black Owned Bos., is hosting a holiday pop-up, featuring more than 30 Black-owned vendors in a store just steps from Copley Square.

Ross Chanowski

Ross Chanowski has created a new way to help launch local businesses. And it couldn’t come at a better time.

Season 2

Bob Rivers

Bob Rivers is the chair and chief executive officer of Eastern Bank, the largest and oldest mutual bank in the U.S. Rivers discusses why he’s placed social justice issues at the center of the bank’s mission.

David Howse

David Howse is the executive director of ArtsEmerson, which produces and presents theatrical performances with an emphasis on cultural and contemporary works. Howse speaks about his efforts to cultivate conversation and promote diversity through the organization’s programming.

Lyndia Downie

Lyndia Downie has devoted her career to the Pine Street Inn, which serves Boston’s homeless population, and has been the organization's president since 2000. As Pine Street Inn celebrates its 50th anniversary, Downie discusses its future and its focus on finding permanent housing for its guests.

Niraj Shah

Niraj Shah is the cofounder and CEO of the online housewares giant Wayfair. He discusses how the fast-growing e-commerce site, with more than 14,000 employees and annual sales of $1.8 billion, is looking to the future and the challenges ahead.

Vikki Spruill

Vikki Spruill is the new president and CEO of the New England Aquarium. Spruill shares her vision for how she plans to expand the organization from a tourist destination to a leader on ocean conservation advocacy.

Amy Latimer

Amy Latimer is the president of TD Garden, overseeing the programming at the arena and its recent $100 million, 50,000-square-foot expansion. Latimer discusses how the new Hub on Causeway mixed-use development will transform both the fan experience and the neighborhood’s streetscape.

Season 1

Greg Shell

Greg Shell is the managing director of the Bain Capital Double Impact Fund, where he works to identify and fund companies that offer profitable models for addressing critical social problems.

John Fish

As CEO of Suffolk, John Fish leads one of the biggest players in the booming construction industry in Boston.

Andrew Dreyfus

As chief executive of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Dreyfus’ career in health care has been defined by his willingness to embrace disruption: His leadership helped spearhead the rollout of the state-level plan for universal health insurance.

Joanne Chang

As chef-owner of eight Flour bakery cafes and the modern Chinese restaurant Myers + Chang, Joanne Chang oversees a staff of several hundred employees, spends time on the line at her restaurant, and is often shuttling between bakery locations.