In the world of professional basketball, Pat Riley is a legendary personality who is renowned for his outstanding coaching abilities and long-lasting contributions to the game. Riley has led the Miami Heat to unprecedented success as the NBA team's president, creating a lasting impression on the game and its culture. Riley's basketball career started as a player, when he showed a... read full bio
Olympic gold medallist, three-time Olympic silver medalist, nine-time world champion, and probably the finest female hockey player in the world is Hilary Knight. She is transforming the scene for women in hockey as an ardent supporter of gender equality. In terms of overall points and goals scored at the Women's World Championships, Hilary retains the record. She hit the ice... read full bio
James Charles is an American YouTube internet personality, makeup artist, and model. He is the first male spokesperson for CoverGirl, has walked the runway for MarcoMarco’s Six ½ collection during Los Angeles Fashion Week, and has his own clothing brand entitled, Sisters Apparel which sells shirts, sweaters, sweats, and more. Charles has sold his own makeup line through Ulta Beauty... read full bio
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
Dr. Joy Buolamwini is a pioneering MIT researcher, model, artist, and founder of the Algorithmic Justice League. She counsels world leaders on averting AI harm and is the author of the national bestseller Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines. Her work on facial recognition technology revolutionized AI auditing. More than 1.7 million... read full bio
The founder of Boston Dynamics, a world leader in mobile robotics, Marc Raibert is a robotics visionary. Raibert, who is renowned for his ground-breaking inventions, has created robots that integrate dynamic control, balance, and skills including intellect, dexterity, agility, and perception. Boston Dynamics has developed sophisticated robots under his direction, including BigDog, Atlas, Spot, and Handle, which are renowned for... read full bio
Sarita Choudhury is a British actress who has worked in both movies and TV. Choudhury's first movie was the romance drama Mississippi Masala, in which she played the lead role. She went on to star in several American and foreign movies, such as A Perfect Murder, Spike Lee's She Hate Me 2, Lady in the Water, Midnight's Children, and The... 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
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
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
