Among the elite super angel investors in the Silicon Valley is Shervin Pishevar, who has seeded over sixty startups. He is the co-founder and executive chairman of Hyperloop One, which is working to commercialize the revolutionary Hyperloop transportation pod. He is also co-founder and managing director of the Sherpa Capital VC firm, which has backed companies such as Airbnb, Uber,... read full bio
Naval Ravikant is the CEO and co-founder of AngelList, a website for startups, angel investors, and job-seekers looking to work at startups. AngelList syndicates have invested over $100M in US startups so far, becoming the largest single pool of funds ever devoted to early-stage startups. Prior to forming AngelList, Naval co-founded Epinions (acquired by Shopping.com) and Vast.com. A prominent angel... read full bio
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A leader in the world of gaming, Julie Uhrman is the former founder and CEO of OUYA- a groundbreaking gaming console that allows any developer to publish a console game by bringing the mobile app model to the TV. OUYA is a powerful, brilliantly designed, open and inexpensive alternative to conventional game consoles. Now, Julie is the Executive VP &... read full bio
Former VP of Product at Twitter, Michael Sippey is now the CEO and founder of Talkshow, an app that allows people to text in public. With this messaging app, individuals, groups of friends, entertainers, creators, and anyone else can have conversations in public, to be viewed by others in real time or after the fact. Every Talkshow can be shared... read full bio
Niklas Zennstrom is a leading tech entrepreneur, most notably founding numerous high-profile online ventures with Janus Friis, such as Skype and Kazaa. He recently founded the technology investment firm Atomico, which has invested in over fifty companies on three continents. Zennstrom also co-founded the nonprofit organization Zennstrom Philanthropies, which aims to support climate change, human rights and social entrepreneurship. He... read full bio
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
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
danah boyd is an American technology and social media scholar who is the founder and president of Data & Society Research Institute, is a partner researcher at Microsoft Research and has also been a visiting professor at New York University. boyd was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and she found her love for computers while growing up after her brother taught... read full bio
Sinead Bovell, a first-generation Canadian, was born in a city outside of Toronto to an Irish mother and a Guyanese father. She spent the most of her adolescence focusing on academics, graduating from the University of Toronto with a degree in finance, a minor in chemistry and a Masters in Business before embarking on a career in management consulting. Sinead, on... 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
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
Kevin Systrom is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. He was the co-founder and former CEO of Instagram, the world’s largest photo sharing website. Under his time as CEO, Instagram became one of the fastest growing apps, with 800 million monthly users. Systrom has been featured on the list of America’s Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40. He graduated from Stanford University... read full bio
The co-founder and innovator of Tesla Motors, Martin Eberhard, has been innovating and creating since the start of his career. The University of Illinois graduate (both undergrad and graduate) began at Wiye Technology. His first design was the WY-30 ASCII computer terminal. He then co-founded and founded the start-up companies Network Computing Devices, Inc. - which make X Windows-Based network... read full bio
Known for his delicate light buildings and permeable enclosures, Sou Fujimoto was born in Hokkaido in 1971. He went on to graduate from the University of Tokyo in 1994. Following this, he established his own firm called Sou Fujimoto Architects back in 2000. In 2013, Sou won the competition to design the temporary Serpentine Gallery pavilion in London. Numerous of... read full bio
Ainissa Ramirez is a renowned materials scientist and an inspiring science communicator from the United States. Her passion for science was ignited during her childhood when she watched the PBS show, 3-2-1 Contact. Seeing a young black girl solving problems and enjoying science on the show inspired her to pursue a career in science. Ramirez attended an all-girls Catholic high school... read full bio
Leo Hilse was a German-born artist, known for his contemporary abstract paintings and mixed media works. He was born in 1953 in Berlin, Germany, and grew up in a creative family where his passion for art was nurtured from an early age. His parents, both artists, provided him with the support and guidance he needed to develop his own artistic... read full bio
Juliana Echavarria is a rising star in the digital marketing industry, driven by her passion for creativity and cutting-edge technology. Her mission is to push boundaries and create innovative solutions that will transform the industry. Juliana is a firm believer in the power of technology to change the way we do things, and she is committed to being at the... read full bio
Hasshi Sudler is a highly accomplished technology management professional, cyber security expert, and professor at Villanova University's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. With over 25 years of experience in the field, Sudler is the Chairman and CEO of Internet Think Tank, a prominent cyber security firm. He is a fluent Japanese speaker and has held several IT management positions... read full bio
Lex Sokolin, a well-known futurist and businessman, is actively influencing the direction of financial services. Lex is actively involved in developing the infrastructure and applications required for a decentralized future in her role as Head Economist and Global Fintech Co-Head at ConsenSys, a prominent blockchain technology startup. His areas of expertise include public and private blockchains, digital assets, protocol crypto-economics,... read full bio
