Yascha Mounk is a speaker and writer. He focuses his work on the rise of populism and issues facing liberal democracy. With a PhD in Government from Harvard University, Mounk is now a Government lecturer at Harvard, a Senior Fellow in the Political Reform Program at New America, and an Executive Director at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.... read full bio
Yasheng Huang is a professor in international management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he founded and heads the China Lab and India Lab. His research areas include human capital formation in China and India. He had previous appointments at the University of Michigan and Harvard Business School. Huang is the author of Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics, a... read full bio
Yasmin Maya, who was born in the Mexican town of Amatepec, traveled about 225 miles from her home in Carpinteria, a picturesque seaside California city, to Tijuana, where she would stay for three years to determine her residency status before returning to the United States. Maya turned to YouTube for solace as she was anxious and upset about her uncertain immigration... read full bio
Ying Chang Compestine is the foremost expert on Asian culture and cuisine, as well as an award-winning author of twenty books, including five cookbooks. She hosts the New Ideas for Delicious Meals on Phoenix TV, and is the spokesperson the Nestle Maggi. Formerly, Compestine was the food editor for Martha Stewarts Whole Living magazine and spokesperson for Celestial Seasonings. An... read full bio
Prepare for tons of entertainment, music and dancing by saying the magic phrase, "Yo Gabba Gabba!" Muno! (He is tall and kind!) Foofa! (She exudes pink and joy!) Brobee! The tiny green one Toodee! (She enjoys having fun!) Plex! An amazing robot! And DJ Lance Rock, the one and only! Yo Gabba Gabba is a groundbreaking television program that combines a vintage... read full bio
Yogi Roth is a Pac-12 Networks college football analyst, an award-winning filmmaker, New York Times best-selling author, scholar, coach, motivational speaker, media personality, and host. Roth began his career at the University of Pittsburgh where he earned a full athletic scholarship as a wide receiver. Roth graduated magna cum laude and went on to earn his master’s degree in communication... read full bio
Recent years have found her returning both to music and visual art. A musical, New York Rock, is due for production. A one-woman art exhibit which debuted at the Whitney in 1989, then toured galleries around the world, began a revival of her work; which was spurred on by the Rykodisc release of OnoBox.... read full bio
Yolanda "Yoli" Vazquez is a reporter who has won multiple awards. Currently, she serves as a motor news anchor for MotorWeek, which can be seen on PBS, Velocity, and the V-me Spanish-language network. The primary mission of Yoli is to provide readers with insights and background information on significant consumer stories. After being on the front lines of breaking news... read full bio
A well-known British journalist and author named Yomi Adegoke has significantly influenced both literature and media. She was reared in Croydon after spending her early years in Canning Town, East London, where she was born on September 9, 1991. She is of Nigerian descent. Adegoke attended the University of Warwick to further her education, where she concentrated on law. But her... read full bio
Yong Khao is an entrepreneur, and educator who is the Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas and who has been a professor in Educational Leadership at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education in Australia. Through his work as an educator, Khao has previously been the Presidential Chair, Associate Dean and Director of the... read full bio
Yonit Levi is an Israeli television presenter and journalist. She has been the first female to anchor an event news edition program in Israel alone and has been on Israel’s top primetime news program, Channel 2, for the past decade. She has most recently left her anchor’s chair to lead field correspondent covering major stories around the world and has... read full bio
Yoram was born in Tiberius, near the Lake of Galili, Israel, to Polish immigrants. He relocated to Kiryat Motzkin, close to Haifa, with his family when he was three years old. Shmuel, his father, constructed a theater that was exceptional in its day. Yoram was five years old when the movie theater first opened, and he was quite fascinated by... read full bio
Yorgos Lanthimos is a Greek filmmaker, theatre and video director, producer, and screenwriter. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards for his work in films, “Dogtooth”, “The Lobster”, and “The Favourite”. Lanthimos originally studied business administration but then went on to study film and television directing at Hellenic Cinema and Television School Stavrakos in Athens. He went on to... read full bio
A philosopher of life, Yossi Ghinsberg is a man of passion, fixed resolve and a connector of people. He believes that nothing promotes growth more than an unexpected experience and unconventional thinking. In these times of great challenge and change, his Power to Survive message is timely. Yossi, a survivor, author and resident dreamer, captured many fans after the release... read full bio
Yossi Vardi is an Israeli entrepreneur and investor who is one of Israel’s first high-tech entrepreneurs. He has founded and helped build numerous tech companies in fields such as software, energy, mobile, water technology, electro-optics and Internet. Vardi graduated from the Technion in Haifa with a B.Sc. in industrial management engineering and went on to earn his M.Sc in Operations... read full bio
Youssou N'Dour has served as the Senegal Minister of Tourism and Culture since April 2012. He is historically one of the most celebrated African musicians,actors and businessmen. In early 2012, when civil unrest broke out in Senegal, Youssou decided to use his background and popularity in support of the opposition to defend democracy, freedom and young people, and took to... read full bio
Named among VIBE Magazines annual Juice list of upcoming people who will change the world, Yul Kwon is perhaps most well known for winning the hit CBS reality show Survivor: Cook Islands during the controversial, racially segregated season. In route to winning, Kwon skillfully led a multi-ethnic team, gained a reputation as one of the shows most strategic and honest... 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
Yusef Salaam was wrongfully convicted along with four other teens for a crime they didn’t commit. They became known as the Central Park Five and at the time, Salaam was only 15 years old when his life was changed forever. The Central Park Five spent between seven and 13 years of their lives behind bars before their sentences were overturned.... read full bio
Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli historian, public intellectual, author, and a professor for the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Harari was born in Kiryat Atta, Israel, and he began studying history and international relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem when he was only 17 years old. He went on to specialize in medieval history... read full bio
