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
Ree Drummond is an American blogger, photographer, and food writer. She lives in Oklahoma and her blog, Confessions of a Pioneer Woman (also known as The Pioneer Woman) is about her life as a rural wife and mother, and is famous for it's amazing recipes as it was named Weblog of the Year at the Bloggies. She has released two... read full bio
Simon Cowell is an English television talent judge and mentor, music and television producer, and music talent scout (aka A&R executive). He is most recognized as a judge on the British television talent competition series Pop Idol, The X Factor, and Britain's Got Talent, and the American television singing competition shows American Idol and The X Factor. Cowell owns the... read full bio
Amr Moussa is a popular Egyptian diplomat and politician. He has held many political positions during his long career and spent much of his time on foreign policy. Moussa started his career as the Egyptian Ambassador to the United States and moved on to be the Minister of Foreign Affairs and ended up as 6th Secretary, General of the Arab... read full bio
Kenya Barris is an American screenwriter and television producer. He is the creator of, executive producer, and writer of television series “Black-ish” and “Grown-ish”. He was also the developer and writer for “America’s Next Top Model”, was a co-executive producer for series “The Game”, and was the screenplay writer for the film “Girls Trip”. Barris has been nominated and won... read full bio
Marie Kondo is a Japanese author and expert and consultant at organizing and tidying. Kondo has published several books with her most popular being the best-seller, “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up”. Her books have been translated into numerous languages and have been published in more than 30 countries. She has been featured in Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People”.... read full bio
David Hockney is an English painter, photographer, stage designer, printmaker, and draftsman. He was a popular contributor to the pop art movement and is one of the most influential British artists. Recently, Hockney broke records when his work ‘Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sold for 90 million dollars, making it the most expensive work by a living... read full bio
