Grant Petty

Grant Petty cofounded film industry hardware and software company Blackmagic Design in his garage in Melbourne, Australia in 2001.

Blackmagic Design's professional cinema cameras, electronic equipment and software known as DaVinci Resolve are used by Hollywood studios and YouTubers.

During the pandemic, Blackmagic profits soared tenfold to $115 million, as networks bought its low-cost gear to accommodate work-from-home.

Petty, who grew up poor, writes the code for all of Blackmagic's internal processes and stars in hour-long instructional videos for company products.