62. Deepak Sekar — Founder and CEO of Chowbotics

Dr. Deepak Sekar is founder and CEO of Chowbotics, the food robotics company behind "Sally the Salad Robot." A technology grad who previously held positions at SanDisk, Monolithic 3D Inc., and Rambus, Sekar set out to build a robot that could eliminate tasks like stirring and chopping to make food prep more convenient and fun.

Sally the Salad Robot can create custom, calorie-counted salads with up to 22 ingredients in about a minute, making the concept a 2018 finalist in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas Awards.