Sam Altman & Alex Blania, Worldcoin Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Alex Blania, CEO of Tools for Humanity, photographed for Worldcoin — as published in Business Insider, TechCrunch, and the Financial Times. Editorial portrait by Marc Olivier Le Blanc, editorial photographer San Francisco.
Reid Hoffman, Harvard Business Review (magazine spread) Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and PayPal, partner at Greylock Partners, photographed in Palo Alto for Harvard Business Review's feature on blitzscaling. Editorial portrait by Marc Olivier Le Blanc, editorial photographer San Francisco.
Ben Silbermann, Pinterest Ben Silbermann, co-founder and CEO of Pinterest, photographed at Pinterest headquarters in San Francisco for Emerce magazine. Environmental portrait by Marc Olivier Le Blanc, editorial photographer San Francisco.
ack Conte & Sam Yam, Patreon Jack Conte and Sam Yam, co-founders of Patreon, photographed at Patreon headquarters in SoMa, San Francisco, for Stanford Magazine. Environmental portrait by Marc Olivier Le Blanc, editorial photographer San Francisco.
Eric Ries, Long-Term Stock Exchange Eric Ries, founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange and author of The Lean Startup, photographed at Marc Olivier Le Blanc's Mission District studio in San Francisco for the Wall Street Journal. Editorial portrait by Marc Olivier Le Blanc, editorial photographer San Francisco.
Joe Lonsdale, 8VC Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir and managing partner of 8VC, photographed at 8VC headquarters at Pier 5, San Francisco, for Forbes. Environmental portrait by Marc Olivier Le Blanc, editorial photographer San Francisco.
Reid Hoffman, Harvard Business Review (close-up) Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and PayPal, in a contemplative close-up portrait published alongside his quote on PayPal's disruption of banking in Harvard Business Review. Editorial portrait by Marc Olivier Le Blanc, editorial photographer San Francisco.
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Photographing Silicon Valley's Most Influential Founders
Editorial Photographer San Francisco — Marc Olivier Le Blanc
Environmental portraits of Silicon Valley's most influential founders, shot on location across the Bay Area for major business publications. Subjects include Reid Hoffman (Harvard Business Review), Sam Altman and Alex Blania (Business Insider, TechCrunch), Eric Ries (Wall Street Journal), Jack Conte and Sam Yam of Patreon (Stanford Magazine), Ben Silbermann of Pinterest (Emerce), and Joe Lonsdale of 8VC (Forbes). From venture capital offices in Palo Alto to startup headquarters in SoMa, each portrait balances authority with personality — shot with a cinematic, editorial sensibility.
