Business
Jim McKelvey is a serial entrepreneur, inventor, philanthropist, artist, and perhaps most notably the co-founder of the financial services juggernaut Square. He served as the chairman of its board until 2010 and still serves on the Board of Directors. In 2011, his iconic card reader design was inducted into the Museum of Modern Art. In 2016, McKelvey also founded Invisibly, an ambitious project to rewire the economics of online content. He is a Deputy Chair of the St. Louis Federal Reserve and is the author of the recently-released book entitled The Innovation Stack: Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time.