Wanda J. Knight never saw sales as a numbers game—it was always a chessboard. For nearly three decades inside a Fortune 20 tech giant, she mastered the delicate balance of strategy, foresight, and fearless decision-making. Every deal she closed carried the weight of research, intuition, and timing. And while the corporate world often measures worth in quarterly reports, Wanda knew the real metric was longevity: building teams that could outlast any economic storm.

If you want to find the future of family entrepreneurship, look not to a single city or industry, but to the many airports, hotel lobbies, and vibrant public squares where Deborah Haile and her son Jonah Seyum have mapped out their mission—one passport stamp at a time. Sophisticated and relentlessly purposeful, Deborah is that rare figure who can lead a global Legal Operations team by day, brainstorm a book plot with her son at night, and still manage to travel across three continents before the season changes.