Ayn Rand's influence is rapidly growing over the years, and growing in spectacular new and unexpected ways. ATLAS RISING: Ayn Rand and Silicon Valley is a panorama of achievers in action: how they think, what they do, and how they are changing the world. Silicon Valley Ayn Rand admirers include the founders and key players at PayPal, Groupon, eBay, Twitter, Instagram, Oracle, Wikipedia, and SpaceX – plus newsmakers such as the creator of BitCoins, whistleblowers who expose government misdeeds, and many more. Many of those influenced by Ayn Rand are world famous, and working at the forefront of technological innovation, radical education reform, brain science, life extension, space exploration, environmentalism, and worldwide political liberation movements.