Mark Fischbach, better known as his YouTube name, Markiplier, is an American YouTuber. Currently, Mark holds over 23 million subscribers on the outlet and he focuses on Let’s Play videos, a majority of which are survival horror games. Some games that Mark has played on his channel includes, Five Nights at Freddy’s, Amnesia, Minecraft, Slender: The Eight Pages, and many... read full bio
GloZell Green is an American YouTube personality, singer, comedian, actor, and rapper. She is best known for her YouTube channel which she has nearly 5 million subscribers. Since her growing fame from social media, Green has gone on to interview President Barack Obama, release an autobiography, “Is You Okay”, and appear on films and series. Green studied at the University... read full bio
Vasant “Vas” Narasimhan is an Indian-American physician and CEO of Novartis, which is a Swiss pharmaceutical company. Narasimhan was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and he earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago, his M.D. from Harvard Medical School, and his master’s in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Narasimhan has been working... read full bio
Trisha Paytas is an American Internet personality, recording artist, actress, and entrepreneur from Riverside, California. She is best known for her YouTube channel, ‘blndsundoll4mj’, which she currently has over 1.5 billion views and nearly 5 million subscribers on. She is best known for her mukbang eat challenges, her haul videos, her lifestyle videos, her discussions about her personal life, and... read full bio
Jeffree Star is an American Internet celebrity, makeup artist, model, singer-songwriter, and entrepreneur. He is best known for being the founder and owner of Jeffree Star Cosmetics. He grew into popularity with one of the first social medias, Myspace, where he worked on his music. During his musical career, Star released one studio album, “Beauty Killer”, which peaked at number... read full bio
Since making his culinary debut, Matty Matheson, an internationally renowned chef, TV personality, author and businessman, has been breaking through barriers. His two New York Times best-selling cookbooks, Matty Matheson: A Cookbook and Home Style Cookery, were both written by him. After becoming well-known as the host of the Viceland cookery programs It's Suppertime! and Dead Set on Life, Matheson made... read full bio
Jairek Robbins' quest for significance and purpose and his willingness to share what he discovers have shaped his life. He has worked hard at a Canadian lumberyard and as a volunteer in a Ugandan hamlet before becoming a global executive coach. And now, in his current position as president of SUCCESS Enterprises, which includes SUCCESS magazine, SUCCESS.com, SUCCESS Coaching, Achievers All-Access and... read full bio
Matthew Samuels, better known as Boi-1da, is a Canadian record producer and songwriter. He is best known for working with artists such as, Drake, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Nas, Jay-Z, Eminem, and many more. His most notable work includes being executive producer for Drake’s mixtape, “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late”. Samuels taught himself how to use FL Studio beat-making... read full bio
Linda Perry is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer. She started her career as a singer-songwriter for the band 4 Non Blondes and has gone on to become a founder of two record labels and compose and producer numerous singles. Artists that Perry has produced or written for include, Pink, Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, Courtney Love, Kelly Osbourne, Alicia Keys,... 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
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
