Preeti Upadhyaya

Will Allen was born to sharecroppers, but never intended to become a farmer himself. Instead he climbed the ranks of basketball until he played professionally. Then he took on the corporate world as an executive for Kentucky Fried Chicken and Proctor and Gamble.

TimeOut Chicago editor-in-chief and author, Frank Sennett, spent 2011 following Groupon, and has fascinating insight on what the company and its leaders must do to keep shareholders happy going forward.