Former VP of Product at Twitter, Michael Sippey is now the CEO and founder of Talkshow, an app that allows people to text in public. With this messaging app, individuals, groups of friends, entertainers, creators, and anyone else can have conversations in public, to be viewed by others in real time or after the fact. Every Talkshow can be shared... read full bio
Niklas Zennstrom is a leading tech entrepreneur, most notably founding numerous high-profile online ventures with Janus Friis, such as Skype and Kazaa. He recently founded the technology investment firm Atomico, which has invested in over fifty companies on three continents. Zennstrom also co-founded the nonprofit organization Zennstrom Philanthropies, which aims to support climate change, human rights and social entrepreneurship. He... read full bio
Donald Miller is the CEO of the marketing service StoryBrand, helping thousands of businesses each year to define their brand message. In total, Don’s books have spent over a year on the New York Times Bestsellers list, including: Blue Like Jazz, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, and Scary Close. He helped write the major motion picture Blue Like... read full bio
The biggest claim to fame of screenwriter and producer D.B. Weiss is his work on HBO’s series Game of Thrones. Along with being a screenwriter and producer, Weiss is also an author and director. On Game of Thrones, he fills the roles of executive producer, screenwriters, and occasionally the director. Early on in his career, Weiss worked as a personal... read full bio
Considered the premier journalist of Silicon Valley, former writer for The Wall Street Journal Kara Swisher is the co-founder of Recode, a technology news website that keeps up with what’s happening in Silicon Valley. While with The Wall Street Journal, she served as the co-executive editor of All Things Digital, which specialized is tech and startup company news. She also... read full bio
Erika Costell is among the top YouTubers out there, gaining over 1 million subscribers overnight. It has taken even the greatest YouTubers years to achieve this feat. She started out as a member of famed YouTuber Jake Pauls Team 10, eventually creating her own channel and skyrocketing her fan base with the help of shout outs from Jake. ... read full bio
Ben Horowitz, co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, is a businessman, blogger, investor, and author. He also was the co-founder, CEo, and president of the software company Opsware, which was later acquired by Hewlett-Packard. He also authored a book entitled The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers, which was published... read full bio
Rutledge Wood is truly car-obsessed and at an early age learned from his father the business of buying, restoring and selling new and old vehicles. He tried out working in the business world, but quickly discovered that simply wasn’t his cup of tea. His love of cars led him to NASCAR, and to starring in NASCAR Smarts on the SPEED... read full bio
Colonel Chris Hadfield was an astronaut for 21 years, completing three space flights, two thousand six hundred orbits of Earth, and has made space accessible for those on earth by using social media. Dubbed ‘the most famous astronaut since Neil Armstrong’, Hadfield is renowned internationally (and universally). As Canada’s first fully qualified Space Shuttle crewmember, Hadfield has displayed honor and... read full bio
Lady Michelle Mone is a renowned entrepreneur, speaker, and advocate. Baroness Mones career began upon her building Ultimo Brands Internation, UKs leading lingerie brand. Her goal, through this company, was to help women build confidence. The baroness was honored with a Life Peerage to the House of Lords by the Prime Minister and an OBE from Her Majesty the Queen... read full bio
Regarded as one of the best economic minds of his generation, Joseph E. Stiglitz is the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in economics. His work has helped explain the circumstances in which markets do not work well and how selective government intervention can improve their performance. He was a member of the Council of Economic Advisors from 1993-95, during... read full bio
Alfonso Cuaron is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, and editor. Some of his best known films include: A Little Princess, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Children of Men, and Gravity. His work on Gravity earned him an Oscar for Best Directing, making him the first Mexican director to win that award. Hes received... read full bio
Allan Golston is the president of the United States Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. His job is to lead the foundations efforts for education opportunity and student achievement. He wants to make sure that all students whom are of low-income, and students of color receive a high-quality education that helps them into careers and succeed in college.... read full bio
Anthony Scaramucci is a well-known American businessman, investor, and politician who has had a major impact on both the political and commercial worlds. Scaramucci, a well-known former senior advisor to the president of the United States, was a key player in the executive committee of the Presidential Transition Team following the 2016 election. Scaramucci established himself as a highly competent individual... read full bio
Shireman is an engaging, humorous, and thought-provoking public speaker whose presentations consistently gain top ratings from attendees in a wide variety of conference settings: corporate, environmental, professional, and academic. Shireman has keynoted many business and environmental conferences, and presented provocative, practical, humorous, and inspiring speeches and workshops to the State of the World Forum, California State Legislature, National Recycling Congress,... read full bio
Dr. Sandra Lee, better known as Dr. Pimple Popper, is a board-certified dermatologist based in California. She first gained popularity when she started an Instagram to show people what it was like being a dermatologist; there she showed videos of consults, surgeries, and in-office procedures. She thought this would be an interesting way to show her field but had no... read full bio
Supachai Panitchpakdi is former Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) where he served two terms. Prior to his time at UNCTAD, Dr. Panitchpakdi served as Director-General of the World Trade Organization. He also served as Thailands Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce in which he was in charge of the countrys economic and trade policymaking.... read full bio
Yuri Milner is a venture capitalist, physicist, and entrepreneur, and he is considered Russias most influential tech investors. Yuri founded Digital Sky Technologies (DST), now known as DST Global and Mail.ru Group. DST Global has invested in major companies such as Spotify, Facebook, AirBnB, WhatsApp, Groupon, Facebook, Twitter, and Zocdoc, among others. Yuri has been featured in Tim magazines Timm... read full bio
Kevin Kwan is a Singaporean-American novelist known for his books Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, and Rich People Problems. Kwan was born in Singapore and moved to the United States when he was 11. Before turning to writing, Kwan pursued photography and worked for Andy Warhols Interview Magazine, Martha Stewart Living, and more. Some of his clients included Ted.com,... read full bio
"Gayle King is an American television host and journalist who is the co-anchor of CBS This Morning and editor for O, The Oprah Magazine. She is best known as being Oprah Winfrey’s best friend for years and are often seen together. King has done some acting on television series like “30 Rock”, “Being Mary Jane”, and “Queen Sugar”. She has... read full bio
