Stripe, Coupang, Indigo Ag, Coursera and Klarna are top “disruptors” of 2020 … innovators poised to thrive as they emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic

August 19, 2020

CNBC’s 2020 Disruptor 50 list is a great source of companies whose breakthroughs are influencing business and market competition at an ever accelerated pace. In particular, this year, they are poised to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic with tech platforms that have the power to dominate.

They are turning ideas in cybersecurity, education, health IT, logistics/delivery, fintech and agriculture into a new wave of billion-dollar businesses.

A majority of them, in fact, already are billion-dollar businesses: 36 disruptors this year are unicorns that have already reached or passed the $1 billion valuation mark. Maybe more important this year: 37 have hired new employees since the pandemic began, and 19 have pivoted their products or launched new ones to meet the challenges of the pandemic.

Technology is already a major part of our daily lives and the public markets, and that will only increase on the other side of Covid-19, from the future of food supply to health-care diagnostics and the way we shop, study, work and pay.

Here is CNBC’s top 50 ranking: