Actor Robert Carlyle is from Scotland. His cinematic credits include Eragon, The 51st State, The World Is Not Enough, The Full Monty, Trainspotting, and The Legend of Barney Thomson. He has appeared in the television series COBRA, Once Upon a Time, Stargate Universe, and Hamish Macbeth. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work in human trafficking and... read full bio
Florian Munteanu is a German actor and boxer who goes by the ring name Big Nasty. He is well-known for playing Razor Fist in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and boxer Viktor Drago in Creed II and Creed III. Romanian parents gave birth to Munteanu in Germany. After relocating to Munich to attend the Hochschule Mittweida, a university... read full bio
American actor Daniel Sunjata has regularly appeared in theater, television, and movies. His most well-known part was that of "Franco Rivera" in the Rescue Me television series on FX. Additionally, Sunjata played "Paul Briggs" in the Graceland television series on the USA Network. Chicago is where Sunjata was born and raised. He is the adopted child of civil rights activist and police... read full bio
Judy Reyes is a Dominican American actress who was born in the Bronx and has spent the last 20 years working significantly in theater, cinema, and television. She is well-known for her roles as Quiet Ann on the popular TNT series "Claws," Zoila on ABC's "Devious Maids," and Carla in the classic television series "Scrubs." Irene Vega on Bravo's "Dirty... read full bio
Sara Foster is a fashion and comedy icon who is breaking new ground. Currently, Sara is producing the romantic comedy series NOBODY WANTS THIS on Netflix, which has been renewed for a second season and stars Adam Brody and Kristen Bell, two of the most adored millennial actors. With titles like "as funny as When Harry Met Sally" (The Guardian)... read full bio
Jon Gruden is a former football head coach, most recently with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL. Prior to taking over as coach of Tampa Bay, he was the head coach of the Oakland Raiders for 4 years. The Buccaneers won Super Bowl XXXVII in the team's first year under Gruden's tenure, making him the youngest head coach ever... read full bio
For over twenty years, Bianca Jagger has campaigned for human rights, social and economic justice and environmental protection throughout the world. Ms. Jagger has spent much of her life visiting war zones and refugee camps and denouncing human rights violations. She has provided a voice to the voiceless and hope to the hopeless. A strong advocate for human and women's... read full bio
Kevin O'Leary is a Canadian entrepreneur, investor, journalist, writer, financial commentator and television personality. He is worth over 300 million dollars and is most famous for being one of the Shark investors on Shark Tank. He has written multiple books about money, investments and life. He is commonly referred to by his nickname of Mr. Wonderful. O’Leary was born to... read full bio
Ed Mylett is one of the Top 50 Wealthiest Under 50, and the youngest person to be named on the Presidents National Leadership Advisory Board. At a young age, Mylett decided he would be in charge of his destiny. Inspired by his father, Mylett set off in pursuit of business success. He is now a keynote motivational speaker and a... read full bio
Robin Wright first became famous on television, playing Kelly Capwell on the soap opera Santa Barbara, which earned her three Daytime Emmy nominations. She shot to stardom after her roles as Buttercup in The Princess Bride and Jenny Curran in Forrest Gump, the latter role garnering her Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations for Best Supporting Actress. Other... read full bio
As one of the world’s leading inventors, thinkers, and futurists, Ray Kurzweil genius is certainly impressive, with a thirty-year track record of accurate predictions. Ray is the Director of Engineering at Google, heading up a team developing machine intelligence and natural language understanding. Kurzweil was the principal inventor of the first CCD flat-bed scanner, the first omni-font optical character recognition,... read full bio
Named by Fortune Magazine as one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders, Peter Diamandis is undoubtedly a business expert. Currently, Diamandis is the Founder and Executive Chairman of XPRIZE Foundation. This company designs and operates large-scale incentive competitions. Diamandis is also the founder of Singularity University, a graduate program focused on technology growth. Diamandis has had a flourishing career thus... read full bio
Richard M. Daley is a United States politician, member of the national and local Democratic Party, and was elected Mayor of Chicago in 1989 and reelected in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. He is the longest serving Chicago mayor, surpassing the tenure of his father, Richard J. Daley. Daley announced that he would not run for re-election in 2011.... read full bio
Michael Stevens is an American educator, comedian, speaker, entertainer, and YouTuber who is best known for creating and hosting the YouTube channel Vsauce. Stevens was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and while in high school, he had developed a comedic personality. He went on to earn his bachelor’s degree in psychology and English literature from University of Chicago and while... read full bio
Leif Babin, co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller ”Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALS Lead and Win” and a former Navy SEAL himself, is the co-founder of Echelon Front, a leadership and team training organization that kicks things into gear like a SEAL would. Babin, along with Jocko Willink, uses the training and skills he learned while serving... read full bio
Leif Babin, co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller ”Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALS Lead and Win” and a former Navy SEAL himself, is the co-founder of Echelon Front, a leadership and team training organization that kicks things into gear like a SEAL would. Babin, along with Jocko Willink, uses the training and skills he learned while serving... read full bio
John Mackey, co-founder of Whole Foods Market, has served as Chief Executive Officer for over thirty years. He studied at the University of Texas at Austin and at Trinity University. Mackey started his career co-founding his first store, SaferWay, with his girlfriend at the time. Within two years they merged SaferWay with the local Clarksville Natural Grocery and renamed it... read full bio
An MIT Professor of Information Technology, Erik Brynjolfsson is a leading technology, e-commerce and productivity expert. At MIT, he teaches courses on the Economics of Information and on Information Technology and Organizations. His work is dedicated to the exploration of three questions: How can information technology transform the structures of markets and firms What is the impact of information technology... read full bio
Thomas Siebel is an American businessman, technologist, and author who is the founder, chairman, and CEO of C3.ai, an AI software platform and applications company. Siebel has also been founder of the software company, Siebel Systems. Siebel was born in Chicago, Illinois, and he has earned his B.A. in history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, his M.B.A. and... read full bio
After specializing in Energy Systems Engineering at Stanford University, Straubel quickly established himself in the business. After graduating from college, he worked with Rosen Motors to build a new hybrid car drivetrain. Straubel was one of the original members of the Pentadyne Power Corporation team that contributed to the advancement of this technology. After that, Straubel was the Chief Technical Officer... read full bio
