Neil Gaiman is an award-winning author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. His most celebrated works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. Recognized as one of the creators of modern comics, as well as an author whose work spans genres and extends to... read full bio
Bassem Youssef, often referred to as the Jon Stewart of the Middle East, is a satirist and columnist who has faced tremendous adversity with censorship and hard laws in Egypt. Inspired by Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show to begin his career, Youssef hosted the Al-Bernameg (The Show), a satirical news program, for three years. Youssef was named among Time magazine’s... read full bio
Award-winning CNN commentator and SUCCESS Magazine Contributing Editor, Mel Robbins is an expert on leadership and overcoming doubt. Also a best-selling author, she wrote a book on brain and productivity, titled “Stop Saying You're Fine”, which is a business bestseller and has been translated into four languages. Since then, she has released her second book, “The 5 Second Rule”, which... read full bio
Joy-Ann Reid is a television news anchor and commentator. She hosts her own weekend new shoe AM Joy on MSNBC. She also occasionally fills in for other MSNBC anchor such as Rachel Maddow and Chris Hayes. Reid is a graduate of Harvard University. She started her journalism career in south Florida, co-hosting the morning radio program Wake Up South Florida.... read full bio
Entrepreneur and angel investor Michael McClure runs a business accelerator called 500 Startups. McClure has often been described as a super angel investor. McClure first founded a technology consulting agency called Asian Computing, and later did consulting work for big companies such as Intel and Microsoft, among others. He also has much experience in marketing, having been the Director of... read full bio
Alexia Tsosis is a former co-editor at the major technology news site, TechCrunch. After graduating from the University of Southern California in LA with her degree in Writing and Painting, she made her move to New Cork City to make a name for herself in the media industry. She attended New York University for four years before deciding to... read full bio
Chamath Palihapitiya is a distinguished Silicon Valley venture capitalist, with early investments in Palantir, Pure Storage, Playdom (acquired by The Walt Disney Company), and Bumptop (acquired by Google). He established The Social+Capital Partnership (now Social Capital), a renowned firm distinguished for its strategic focus on technology in healthcare, financial services and education, and on software as a service. The fund... read full bio
George R. R. Martin is the renowned author of A Song of Ice and Fire- popularly adapted into the critically acclaimed HBO fantasy drama Game of Thrones. Martin has become one of the most celebrated names in film and television, with Lev Grossman of Time deeming him “the American Tolkien” and Time magazine including him on their Time 100 list... read full bio
Tony Fadell is an expert in his field, and hes well known as an angel investor, designer, inventor, and entrepreneur. Known as one of the fathers of the iPod, Tony worked as the senior vice president of the iPod division at Apple Inc. He is also the founder of Nest Labs, which created the revolutionary Nest Learning Thermostat. Google acquired... read full bio
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Steve Nash is an athletic star. After playing a variety of sports throughout his childhood, Nash moved to Santa Clara University when he landed a basketball scholarship. Nash later led the Broncos to three NCAA Tourney berths and was drafted to the Phoenix Suns in the NBA Draft. He also played for the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers.... read full bio
Tyler Henry Koelewyn is best known for his clairvoyant medium personality on the series Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry. On the show he travels to celebrities who may want to contact someone who has passed that was close to them to let them know that they miss them and gain some type of closure. Tyler has a memoir Between Two... read full bio
Ben Shapiro is a bold and outspoken conservative political commentator, activist, radio talk show host, author, columnist, media mogul, and attorney. Ben attended the University of Califonia, Los Angeles and graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in political science; he later graduate from Harvard Law School. He practices law at Goodwin Procter, and he now works as... read full bio
Gwynne Shotwell is the President and Chief Operating Officer at SpaceX. She has been noted by Forbes magazine as the 76th most powerful woman in the world. Shotwell began her research at the Aerospace Corporation. Later, she joined Microcosm Incorporated, and then SpaceX. Well-versed in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, Shotwell educates people worldwide about the future of technology and... read full bio
Brendon Burchard is known as one of the world’s leading high performance coaches. After spending years researching psychology and leadership, along with consulting at Accenture, Burchard became a number one best-selling author. He later developed his career in keynote speaking and business coaching. Now, Burchard is one of the Top 100 Most Followed Public Figures on Facebook. Oprah.com has named... read full bio
Danny Bowien is a chef who is co-founder of Mission Chinese Food and the Mission Burger. He is a James Beard Award winner and has previously been crowned as the Pesto World Championship winner. Bowien was born in South Korea but was adopted by a family in Oklahoma. At the age of 19, he moved to San Francisco and worked... read full bio
Dave Ramsey is an American radio show host, author, and businessman who is a graduate of the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where he graduated with a degree in Finance and Real Estate. Over the years, Ramsey has worked as a real estate investor as Ramsey Investments, Inc. which ended him bankrupt and millions of... read full bio
Nadiem Makarim is the 29th Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesia. He was born in Singapore and went on to graduate from Brown University with a B.A. in International Relations. Makarim also earned his MBA at Harvard University. Makarim started his career as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company in Jakarta. After three years, he left to co-found... read full bio
Bill Simmons is an American journalist, author, sports analyst, podcaster, and former sports writer who is best known for being the CEO of the sports and pop culture website, The Ringer. Simmons was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and went on to earn his B.A. in Political Science from College of the Holy Cross and has earned his M.A. in print... read full bio
Lloyd Blankfein is an American investment banker who is best known for being the former chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs. Blankfein was born in New York City and he has earned his A.B. as well as his J.D. from Harvard University. Blankfein began his career working as an attorney at law firms such as Proskauer Rose and Donovan, Leisure,... read full bio
