Albita is a Cuban American singer who has performed with Celia Cruz, Willy Chirino, Phil Collins, Tony Bennett, Gilberto Gil, Juan Luis Guerra, Daniela Mercury, Miriam Makeba, Arturo Sandoval, Paquito DRivera and Melissa Ethridge. She has been invited to perform four Presidential functions, including two inaugurations. She founded her own label Angel's Dawn Records" under which she produced and launched... read full bio
Multi-talented comic/writer/producer, Jeff Valdez, knew show business was his calling. Following several years as a stand-up comic, he actively changed the face of TV. Blocked by much opposition, his relentless efforts ultimately culminated in Sí TV. As co-founder and executive producer of the Latino-themed cable network, Valdez brought English-language programs to television that appealed to Latino audiences and had cross-over... read full bio
Les Ttes Brules first rose to prominence in the 1980s, and quickly became the most well-known bikutsi band, at home and abroad. The band was formed by Jean-Marie Ahanda, and included the guitarist Zanzibar, who remains well-known for innovative attachment of foam rubber to the bridge of his guitar, which made the instrument sound like a traditional balafon. Zanzibar's death... read full bio
José Luis Rodríguez is a Venezuelan singer and actor who has recorded many international super hits and participated in a handful of telenovelas. Some of his more famous hits include: Dueño de Nada, Culpable Soy Yo, Pavo Real, and Agarrense De Las Manos. He also serves as a coach and mentor on the Argentine version of The Voice.... read full bio
Born and raised in Argentina, singer/songwriter, actor, and fashion model Marcelo Molina started getting involved in show business while working as a radio announcer and TV actor in soap operas produced throughout Latin America. He attended the Spanish Performance Arts Academy while living in Madrid. In 1999, Marcelo Molina had the opportunity to sing along with Jos Carreras, Plcido Domingo,... read full bio
The Baha Men are a band that performs world music, mainly in the modernized Bahamian style of music called junkanoo. They have been around since the late 70's but didn't become mainstream until 2000 when they created a remake of an Anslem Douglas song called ""Who Let The Dogs Out"". The song earned them many awards including a Grammy for... read full bio
Canadian jazz singer, Holly Cole, is particularly popular in Canada and Japan. Cole is known for both her versatile and distinctive voice, along with her adventurous repertoire, which spans such divergent genres as show tunes, rock, and country music. Holly is one of the world's best interpretive singers, and she has created a mesmerizing pop album. Simply stated, Dark Dear... read full bio
The life of Keller Williams has been one long musical journey, each adventure contributing to his reputation as one of todays most distinctive and impressive guitarists/singer-songwriters. For his latest exploit, Keller Williams releases Vape. His twenty-second album release, Vape, finds Keller in his natural element and perhaps better represents what dwells at the source of Williams prolific artistry than any... read full bio
Few athletes have enjoyed the artistic and popular success that figure skater Brian Boitano has achieved since winning the gold medal for the United States at the 1988 Winter Olympics Games in Calgary, Canada. Brians skating is characterized by power, precision, consistency and emotion. He created and routinely performs his signature jump, the Tano Triple, so difficult it has rarely... read full bio
Jimmy Shea is a retired American skeleton racer who won the Gold medal in dramatic fashion at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Shea also was chosen by fellow athletes to recite the Athlete's Oath during the Opening Ceremonies and along with his father, Jim Shea Sr., passed the Olympic Torch to the 1980 U.S. Mens' Hockey Team... read full bio
Richard Chamberlain gained widespread fame as the young intern, Dr. Kildare, in the MGM television series of the same name. He later returned to Broadway in revivals of My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music. In the 1970s, Chamberlain enjoyed success as a leading man in films such as The Towering Inferno, The Last Wave, The Three Musketeers and... read full bio
David Remnick is an American journalist, writer, and magazine editor. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Lenins Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire. Remnick has been editor of The New Yorker magazine. He has also served on the New York Public Librarys board of trustees. Remnick promoted Hendrik Hertzberg, a former Jimmy Carter speechwriter and former... read full bio
Roxanne Pulitzer is an internationally known socialite, novelist and actress. She became a media sensation in the 1980s during her divorce trial, a proceeding that turned into a media circus. Pulitzer is the author of novels Prize Pulitzer, Facade, Twins and the The Palm Beach Story. She later adapted her The Prize Pulitzer: The Roxanne Pulitzer Story (1989) into a... read full bio
Born in the Dominican Republic, Junot Díaz grew up in New Jersey. His works include the critically praised Drown, the Pulitzer Prize-winning and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, and the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award contender This Is How You Lose Her. He has received the Guggenheim Fellowship, PEN/O. Henry... read full bio
Recently featured in the Toronto Star, Tsufit of Follow That Dream! is a coach who specializes in coaching entrepreneurs to promote and publicize their dream business. Tsufit also coaches business owners to write and perform dazzling infomercials for networking functions and to add sparkle to their longer presentations. A singer, television actress and comedienne and the subject of over 100... read full bio
Dennis Bakke is the co-founder of Imagine Schools. Author of the New York Times bestseller Joy at Work. Bakke previously co-founded and served as the president and CEO of AES. He is now president and CEO of Imagine Schools, a company that operates charter schools in 10 states. Mr. Bakke worked in the Federal Energy Administration and was deputy director... read full bio
Per E. Larsson is the appointed Chief Executive Officer of Borse Dubai, which is the holding company for Dubai Financial Market, DFM, and Dubai International Financial Exchange, DIFX. Borse Dubai was made to combine the Government of Dubais stock markets and as a means to invest in other stock opportunities. Before being appointed Chief Executive Office of Borse Dubai, Per... read full bio
John P. Davidson III is infrastructure risk chief of Citigroup, a position he was named to in March 2008. Previously, he was managing director and chief corporate development officer of CME Group. Prior to the July 2007 merger of CME and the Chicago Board of Trade, John Davidson held the same title as above, but for CME Holdings and for... read full bio
Ravimohan started his career with ICICI Ltd where he worked in project appraisal, systems designing, credit administration and merchant banking. He was the youngest team member in the project finance department at ICICI. He also worked with Over-the-Counter Exchange of India (OTCEI). He spent 16 years with Crisil, now the India arm of global ratings major Standard & Poor's (S&P).... read full bio
Takatoshi Ito is a Japanese economist and professor of The University of Tokyo. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University in 1973 and from the Graduate School of Economics in the same institute in 1975. He earned a Ph.D from Harvard University in 1979. He served as Deputy Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs from 1999 to... read full bio
