Top Principal
The Knowledge Project
Top Principal: The Future of Education is Better Than You Think
- Published
- March 31, 2026
- Duration
- 2h 13m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Apr 17, 2026
Discusses business, society, culture, technology.
Summary
Joe Liemandt is the principal of Alpha School and the founder of Trilogy Software and ESW Capital. Liemandt dropped out of Stanford to build Trilogy, made the cover of Forbes twice before thirty, became the youngest member of the Forbes 400, then vanished from public life for twenty-five years. But he didn’t stop building. Through ESW Capital, he quietly …
Show notes
Joe Liemandt is the principal of Alpha School and the founder of Trilogy Software and ESW Capital. Liemandt dropped out of Stanford to build Trilogy, made the cover of Forbes twice before thirty, became the youngest member of the Forbes 400, then vanished from public life for twenty-five years. But he didn’t stop building. Through ESW Capital, he quietly became one of the most prolific acquirers of software businesses in the world. Now he’s back with a $1 billion bet that AI can make kids learn
Themes
- business
- society
- culture
- technology