My largest influences outside of family: Jesus Christ, Socrates, Buddha, Rene Girard, Gandhi, Leo Tolstoy, Nietzsche, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, J.R.R. Tolkien, Dante, Dostoevsky, Ludwig Von Mises, Andre Orlean, Satoshi Nakamoto, and the unknown Math giants underneath everything.
Additionally, @nntaleb for making Black Swans financially clear, antifragility, and the philosophers stone. Complex Systems are vital study for the modern world.