Famous French-American rapper Abbas Hamad, better known by his stage name Bas, was born in Paris, France, and reared in the energetic borough of Queens, New York. He became a crucial artist signed to J. Cole's esteemed Dreamville Records in collaboration with Interscope Records, which significantly molded his famous career. With the release of his first mixtape, "Quarter Water Raised Vol.... read full bio
Bea Johnson is the founder of the Zero Waste Lifestyle movement and is a best-selling author of the book “Zero Waste Home.” Johnson and her family began adopting a zero waste lifestyle over a decade ago and since then, they produce a pint of trash per year. After starting her blog and published her book which has since been translated... read full bio
Bobby Seale is an American political activist who is best known for co-founding the Black Panther Party with Huey P. Newton. Seale was born in Liberty, Texas, and while growing up, his family lived in poverty most of his life. When he was 8, Seale and his family moved to Oakland, California, and he later in life dropped out of... read full bio
Dr. Benjamin Chavis Jr. is an African-American civil rights leader who has previously served as the Executive Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and who is known for being an assistant to Martin Luther King Jr. Chavis was born in Oxford, North Carolina, and when he was 12 years old, he became the first African... read full bio
Bevy Smith is a host, speaker, and business woman who is known for being the host of Bevelations, and for being the former co-host of Page Six TV. Smith was born and raised in Harlem, New York, and she began her career working in business. She has previously been the senior director of luxury fashion advertising at Rolling Stone and... read full bio
Benj Pasek is an award-winning composer who is best known for his work on films such as “La La Land,” “The Greatest Showman,” and for the Broadway musical “Dear Evan Hansen,” which won him a Tony for Best Original Score and Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album. Pasek was an Oscar for Best Original Song for “City of Stars,” from... read full bio
Blake Bortles is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. Bortles was born in Altamonte Springs, Florida, and he began his career playing both football and baseball in high school. After leaving high school, Bortles held a Seminole County record of 5,576 career passing yards and 53 touchdowns. He was also considered a three-star recruit by Rivals.com... read full bio
Brandon Carr is an American football cornerback who is currently a free agent in the NBA. Carr was born in Flint, Michigan, and he began his career playing football in high school where he was named to the All-conference defensive team. He went on to play college football at Grand Valley State where he helped the school win two NCAA... read full bio
Bronson Arroyo is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in the MLB for several years. Arroyo was born in Key West, Florida, and he began his career playing baseball in high school where he was named to the Class 4A all-state first team before going on to sign a letter of intent to play college baseball at South... read full bio
Brad Park is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played as defenseman. Park was born in Toronto, Ontario, and he began his career playing for the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament playing with the Scarboro Lions as well as the Toronto Westclairs and Toronto Marlboros. From there, Park went on to be drafted by the New York Rangers... read full bio
Ben Bruce is an English musician, singer, actor, and clothes designer who is best known for being the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the rock band Asking Alexandria. Bruce was born in Wandsworth, London, England, and when he was six years old, he moved with his family to Dubai before later moving back to England at 17 years old.... read full bio
Bloom Twins are a Ukrainian-born English pop music duo that consists of twin sisters Anna and Sonia Kuprienko. The Bloom Twins grew up in Brovary, Ukraine, and began singing and playing instruments when they were around five years old. Later in life, the duo moved to London, where they began to pursue their musical careers and shortly after, they uploaded... read full bio
Blitz Bazawule, also known as Blitz the Ambassador, is a Ghanaian hip-hop rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and visual artist that is based out of Brooklyn, New York. Bazawule was born in Accra, Ghana, and he studied at Achimota School. While studying in school, Bazawule began earning several awards for his work in visual arts, but later in life, found... read full bio
Bruno Giussani is the European Director of TED conferences, an idea curator, writer, and expert on technological innovation. Through his work with TED, Giussani works on global and local events in Europe, multilingual videos, television initiatives, encouraging involvement with members, and more. He is also known for curating and hosting the annual Forum des 100. Apart from his work with... read full bio
Brittany Kaiser is co-founder of Own Your Data Foundation, the #OwnYourData campaign and the Digital Asset Trader Association. Kaiser has previously earned her MA in International Relations from The University of Edinburgh, her LLM in Human Rights from Birkbeck College, University of London, and her Ph.D. in International Law and Diplomacy from Middlesex University. Kaiser began her career working as... read full bio
Bruce Hoffman is a political analyst who is an expert on terrorism and counterterrorism, insurgency and counter-insurgency. Hoffman has earned his B.A. from Connecticut College before going on to earn his D.Phil and B.Phil from Oxford University. After finishing his degrees, Hoffman went on to begin working for the RAND Corporation before leaving to be the senior lecturer in international... read full bio
Brandon Leake is an award-winning spoken word poet, motivational speaker, and artistic educator who has recently gained fame after winning the 15th season of the competition series, “America’s Got Talent,” and for being the first spoken word poet to compete. Through this accomplishment, Leake has also earned the Golden Buzzer award in the first round which led him immediately to... read full bio
Brenda Laurel is a video game designer, teacher, writer, consultant and researcher who is known for being an advocate for diversity and inclusiveness in video games. Laurel was born in Columbus, Ohio, and she has earned her B.A. from DePauw University, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Ohio State University. She began his career working for CyberVision where she was... read full bio
Bruno Lanvin is the Executive Director for Global Indices at INSEAD where he was also previously the Executive Director of their eLab. Lanvin was born in Valenciennes, France, and is fluent in French, English, and Spanish, and also speaks some Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese. Lanvin has previously worked with the United Nations where he worked with UNCTARD, UN ICT... read full bio
Bertalan Mesko is The Medical Futurist and is the Director of The Medical Futurist Institute, where he helps to analyze how technologies in science can help with reality in medicine as well as healthcare. Mesko is also an author and speaker and he has given talks for numerous organizations and governments which include universities such as Harvard, Stanford and Yale.... read full bio
