Brian Lee
When former Skadden lawyer Brian Lee co-founded LegalZoom in 1999, the term “legal tech” had not even entered the vernacular. But Brian saw that there was a class of legal services, such as wills, trademarks, and small business incorporations, that lawyers were not providing. LegalZoom filled that void with consumer-oriented services and Brian’s vision became a cornerstone of the legal tech (and access to justice) world. Over 22 years, LegalZoom pursued a mission of democratizing the law, created innovative legal services for the “people law” sector, grew to more than $471 million of revenue last year, and just this month, filed its S1 for an IPO, valuing the company at more than $5 billion. LegalZoom was the first, but not the only company Brian founded. A serial entrepreneur, he also founded fashion subscription service ShoeDazzle alongside fellow entrepreneur Kim Kardashian and Honest Company, a now-public consumer goods retailer that Brian founded with Jessica Alba.