At the helm of the body-positive movement of the new decade is supermodel Ashley Graham, who went down in history as the first plus-size model to appear on the cover of the prestigious Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition. At the young age of thirteen, she began what would become a revolutionary fashion career, when she signed with an international modeling agency.... read full bio
Dr. Drew Pinsky is a world-renowned doctor, most famous for his many television appearances on the shows Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, Dr. Drew On Call, MTV’s 16 and Pregnant, and Sober House. He is both Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Board Certified in Addiction Medicine. For over 20 years, Dr. Drew’s advice on the nationally syndicated radio show,... read full bio
Tamron Hall is an American television journalist and news anchor who has been the host of MSNBC Live with Tamron Hall, co-host of Today’s Take, and a former correspondent for NBC News. She is also host of the television series “Deadline: Crime”. Most recently, Hall has debuted a self-titled syndicated talk show. Hall graduated from Temple University with a B.A.... read full bio
Lauren Jauregui is perhaps most recognized for her time spent as a member of the all-girl pop group Fifth Harmony. It was during her time with the group that she was propelled to superstardom as a result of their performance as finalists on The X Factor. Since then, the Cuban-American powerful vocalist has built up a sizable following of her... read full bio
Susan E. Rice served President Barack Obama as National Security Advisor for four years. She led the National Security Council Staff, chaired the Cabinet-level National Security Principals Committee, provided the President’s daily national security briefings, and was responsible for the coordination and integration of all aspects of the Administration’s foreign and national security policy, intelligence, and military efforts. Rice served... read full bio
Social media entrepreneur and web developer Matt Mullenweg is best known as the creator and developer of WordPress, which is free and open web software and blog site. He dropped out of college to focus on his work, and he went on to found Automattic, which is the company behind WordPress.co. Automattic is also behind web tools including Polldaddy,... read full bio
Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur and academician Steve Blank is most recognized for developing the Customer Development method and a founder of the Lean Startup movement. Blank dropped out of school after one semester, and he hitchhiked his way over to Miami, where he found a job loading racehorses onto aircraft at the Miami International Airport. This job piqued his interest... read full bio
Noted computer scientist Paul Graham is also an essayist and a venture capitalist. He is noted for his work with LISP, a computer programming language, and he also co-founded the Yahoo! Store (previously known as Viaweb). Viaweb, which was founded by Graham and Robert Morris, was the first application service provider on the market, and it allowed its users to... 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
As the former CEO of Zenefits and founder of Yammer, David Sacks is an entrepreneur, executive, and internet technology investor. Previously, Sacks worked as a management consultant for the McKinsey Company and later left to work as the CEO of PayPal. A member of the PayPal Mafia, a group of tech whizzes who went on to found a number... read full bio
Online entrepreneur Drew Houston is best known for being the mastermind behind Dropbox, an online sharing and backup storage apparatus. Previous to his work on Dropbox, Drew worked with multiple startups including Hubspot, Accolade, and Bit9, among others. Born and raised in Acton, Massachusetts, Drew learned BASIC programming on his very first computer that his father bought for him. He... read full bio
Co-founder and CEO of about.me, Tony Conrad created the site as a platform for users to represent their personal identity on the web. Prior to creating about.me, Tony also co-founded Sphere and served as its CEO, and he has invested in multiple companies including Danger, Post Communications, Milk, OnTheAir, Iconoculture, Stonyfield Farms, Sabrix, and MusicNow, among many others. He also... read full bio
As the Editor-at-Large of TechCrunch, a tech news company, Mike Butcher MBE keeps up with the current trends, fads, and successes in the tech world. Mike also founded TechHub, a site meant to connect communities with startups. An esteemed writer as well, Mike has written for many publications including The Guardian, The Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, and... read full bio
One of the most sought-after tech conference speakers in the world, Stephen Master is the Senior VP- Global Head of Sports Practice at The Nielson Company. Nielson is the global leader of marketing information, audience measurement and business media products and services. The Sports Practice division works closely with every major sports property, such as the USOC, NASCAR, NFL, NHL,... read full bio
Chief Executive Officer of The Priceline Group, Glenn Fogel has been with the company for over sixteen years. Prior to becoming CEO, he was the Head of Strategy and Planning for seven years, and EVP of Corporate Development for a year. While with The Priceline Group, Fogel has lead global corporate strategy, worldwide mergers and acquisitions, business development initiatives and... 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
Soon after Peter Fredell established his own investment banking boutique, named Fredell & Co., the company became one of the top players in the European asset backed debt market. Fredell & Co. also experienced success in their emerging markets operations, with significant mandates in Russia, Lebanon, Georgia, the Czech republic, and Hungary. Along with ABB, The Belgian Government and Boufonds,... read full bio
Porter Gale is a forerunner in the marketing world, with more than twenty years under her belt of working in branding, social media, advertising and filmmaking. She has been honored with the Changing The Game Award from The Advertising Women of New York, included on AdAges Digital Hotlist, iMedias Top 25-Digital Marketers, and named a Digital Passionista by The Huffington... read full bio
Cyan Banister, a globally renowned startup founder and angel investor, is currently a partner at Founders Fund. She invests across sectors and stages with a focus on heavily regulated industries, marketplaces, SaaS and businesses that assist people with basic skills in finding meaningful work. As an angel investor, Cyans portfolio has included Uber, Thumbtack, SpaceX, EShares, Postmates and Affirm. Cyan... read full bio
Adeo Ressi has been one of the most prominent figures in the Silicon Valley since establishing TheFunded ten years ago. Created to provide entrepreneurs with the tools to write anonymous reviews about venture capitalist groups and their processes, TheFunded became wildly popular among entrepreneurs. Ressi also started The Founder Institute, a startup accelerator and entrepreneur training program based in Palo... read full bio
