Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu – Ethiopia
Alemu, 34, founded her company, SoleRebels, in 2004, and it is now bringing in $5 million in revenue annually. The company makes sandals, slip-ons and lace-up shoes from recycled tires.
Generals Tsigey Dibu and Mengistu Neway – senior military leaders who stated the December 13, 1960, coup d’etat against Ethiopian Emperor Haileselassie.