Despite being just 6'1" in a league full of giants, Stockton is regarded as one of the all-time best point guards in NBA history. In his career, he averaged 10.5 assists and 13.1 points a game, or a double-double. He was the NBA record holder for career steals and assists. Out of the six most assists seasons in NBA history,... read full bio
Joshua Jackson was born in Vancouver, however he lived his early years in California before returning to his hometown at the age of eight. He began his professional career there by making appearances in a number of TV ads promoting travel to British Columbia. Jackson was a vocalist in the San Francisco Boys' Chorus and his family traveled back and... read full bio
Jeff Bridges is an American actor, singer, and producer. He comes from a well-known acting family and began his televised acting as a child with his father, Lloyd Bridges, and brother, Beau, on television's Sea Hunt. He won the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis ""Bad"" Blake in the film “Crazy Heart”, and... read full bio
The Founder and Chief Product Officer of Airbnb, Joe Gebbia has been named among BusinessWeeks Top 20 Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs, Inc. Magazines Thirty under Thirty, and Fortune Magazines Forty under Forty. After receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design and Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island, Joe was offered... read full bio
Jonathan Groff is best known for his role in the musical TV show “Glee”, which he played Jesse St. James in, as well as playing King George III in the Broadway smash hit ‘Hamilton’. Groff’s first starring role on Broadway was in the musical Spring Awakening. After leaving Broadway he took a few small roles on TV and in films,... read full bio
John Donahoe is a noted businessman and former CEO of the popular e-commerce site, eBay. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Intel Corp and eBay, and he is the chairman of PayPal. He serves as the president and CEO of a cloud company called ServiceNow. Prior to eBay, Donahoe acquired his B.A. in Economics from Dartmouth... read full bio
Danish technology entrepreneur Jimmy Maymann has served as the Executive VP and President of AOL Content and Consumer Brands, and then as the CEO of The Huffington Post. Working alongside editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington, Maymann spearheaded the Huffington Posts rapid traffic expansion from 45 million to 200 million monthly visitors, as well as its global staff increase to 1,000 people. He... read full bio
Prior to Yelp, Jeremy Stoppelman was the VP of engineering at PayPal. He left PayPal to attend the Harvard Business School. Upon completing his first year at HBS, Jeremy joined an incubator started by Max Levchin (co-founder of PayPal) for a summer internship. It was there that he was reunited with his old colleague Russel Simmons and the two teamed... read full bio
John Smedley is a game enthusiast and the former CEO of Sony Online Entertainment, which has since changed its name to Daybreak Game Company. He also started Knight Technologies and co-founded Verant Interactive, which became SOE after its purchase by Sony Pictures Entertainment. Smedleys first heavy involvement with games started with the table-top role playing game Dungeons & Dragons, and... read full bio
Jeffrey Lu is an entrepreneur who invests in Internet, software and services companies. Currently, Jeff is the Vice President at Battery Ventures, which invests in tech companies worldwide. Previously, he was the CEO and co-founder of Daily Aisle, an Opentable-like service for wedding venues. The company was funded by prestigious seed investors in Silicon Valley. Before that, Jeff led Brokers... read full bio
Joshua Reeves is the co-founder and CEO of Gusto, an innovative employee services start-up. With a passion for utilizing software to solve complex problems, Joshua created ZenPayroll to provide companies with modern, enjoyable payroll. Before founding ZenPayroll, Joshua was the co-founder and CEO of unwrap, which created the Buzzeo social application development platform. After unwrap was acquired by Context Optional,... read full bio
Jay Bregman is the Founder & CEO of Verifly, an on-demand drone insurance app for both recreational and commercial flights in just two taps. Verifly is funded by Slow Ventures, in addition to numerous other top investors. Jay was previously Founder & CEO of Hailo, a user-friendly taxi-hailing app, which recently sold a majority stake to Daimler. Jay has been... read full bio
Jon Oringer is the founder and CEO of Shutterstock, the worlds biggest stock photography provider. When Shutterstock went public, Jon was recognized as New Yorks first tech billionaire. Becoming one of the most prominent figures in the technology business, he has been included on Business Insiders annual Silicon Alley 100, an elite list of businessmen and technologists in Manhattan, named... read full bio
Jeff Clavier is the Founder and Managing partner of SoftTech VC, one of the most prominent seed venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, with over 190 investments. An early angel investor in Web 2.0, Jeff and his team have funded successful startups including Mint (Intuit), Kongregate (GameStop), Brightroll (Yahoo), LiveRamp (Acxiom), Milo (eBay), Wildfire (Google), Blacher Report (Turner), Gnip (Twitter),... read full bio
A leader in the world of gaming, Julie Uhrman is the former founder and CEO of OUYA- a groundbreaking gaming console that allows any developer to publish a console game by bringing the mobile app model to the TV. OUYA is a powerful, brilliantly designed, open and inexpensive alternative to conventional game consoles. Now, Julie is the Executive VP &... read full bio
Jamie Campbell Bower is most well known as Caius, a member of the Volturi, in the Twilight Saga films. He also appeared as Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd, the young Gellert Grindelwald in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows- Part 1, Jace Wayland in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, and King Arthur in the historical fantasy drama TV series,... read full bio
Filipino-American actor Jacob Batalon has started out his acting career with a bang, portraying Ned Leeds in Marvel’s film Spider-Man: Homecoming. Born and raised in Hawaii, Jacob studied music theory at the Kapi’olani Community College, and he later studied acting at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. Batalon has gone on to reprise his role as Ned in the... read full bio
Joseph Capriati is a music producer and DJ from Naples, Italy. He started out his career as a DJ in the town in which he grew up, Caserta. He started making music at a young age, and he released his debut track, “C’est la Vie,” and only a year later he played at an Awakenings event on New Year’s Eve... read full bio
Jessie Ware is a singer and songwriter. She has collaborated with artists like Jack Peñate, Joker, and SBTRKT, providing her beautiful voice as back up vocals to their sounds. Working with artists like this, Ware gained experience performing without the pressure of being a lead singer. This preparation allowed her to become a stronger and more confident artist, shaping her... read full bio
Jonathan Toews is a professional ice hockey player who is the captain of the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey Leagues. He is the second-youngest captain in NHL history and a member of the Triple Gold Club. Toews has contributed to winning the Stanley Cup twice. He has won gold medals at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge, World Junior Championships,... read full bio
