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
Kevin Kwan is a Singaporean-American novelist known for his books Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, and Rich People Problems. Kwan was born in Singapore and moved to the United States when he was 11. Before turning to writing, Kwan pursued photography and worked for Andy Warhols Interview Magazine, Martha Stewart Living, and more. Some of his clients included Ted.com,... read full bio
"Gayle King is an American television host and journalist who is the co-anchor of CBS This Morning and editor for O, The Oprah Magazine. She is best known as being Oprah Winfrey’s best friend for years and are often seen together. King has done some acting on television series like “30 Rock”, “Being Mary Jane”, and “Queen Sugar”. She has... read full bio
Ree Drummond is an American blogger, photographer, and food writer. She lives in Oklahoma and her blog, Confessions of a Pioneer Woman (also known as The Pioneer Woman) is about her life as a rural wife and mother, and is famous for it's amazing recipes as it was named Weblog of the Year at the Bloggies. She has released two... read full bio
Simon Cowell is an English television talent judge and mentor, music and television producer, and music talent scout (aka A&R executive). He is most recognized as a judge on the British television talent competition series Pop Idol, The X Factor, and Britain's Got Talent, and the American television singing competition shows American Idol and The X Factor. Cowell owns the... read full bio
Amr Moussa is a popular Egyptian diplomat and politician. He has held many political positions during his long career and spent much of his time on foreign policy. Moussa started his career as the Egyptian Ambassador to the United States and moved on to be the Minister of Foreign Affairs and ended up as 6th Secretary, General of the Arab... read full bio
Kenya Barris is an American screenwriter and television producer. He is the creator of, executive producer, and writer of television series “Black-ish” and “Grown-ish”. He was also the developer and writer for “America’s Next Top Model”, was a co-executive producer for series “The Game”, and was the screenplay writer for the film “Girls Trip”. Barris has been nominated and won... read full bio
Marie Kondo is a Japanese author and expert and consultant at organizing and tidying. Kondo has published several books with her most popular being the best-seller, “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up”. Her books have been translated into numerous languages and have been published in more than 30 countries. She has been featured in Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People”.... read full bio
David Hockney is an English painter, photographer, stage designer, printmaker, and draftsman. He was a popular contributor to the pop art movement and is one of the most influential British artists. Recently, Hockney broke records when his work ‘Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sold for 90 million dollars, making it the most expensive work by a living... read full bio
Daron Acemoglu is a world-renowned economist. He’s an expert professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His book, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty, is one of many publications noted for future-focused economic insights. Acemoglu is one of the 20 most cited economists in the world. In his keynote speeches, Acemoglu shares his focused studies in... read full bio
Carlos Gutierrez is an American former CEO and Chairman of the Board of the Kellogg Company, former United States Secretary of Commerce, and current co-chair of Albright Stonebridge Group, a strategic advisory firm. Gutierrez started studying business administration at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and High Education but never earned his degree. He went on to start working at Kellogg’s... read full bio
Harold Lee Scott Jr. is an American businessman who has previously been the chief executive officer of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. During his time working with Walmart, Scott was known for transforming the company into a respected corporate leader on major issues facing today’s world. The company also became the world’s largest retailer during Scott’s leadership and the company was feature... read full bio
Jonatan Loidi is an Argentinian entrepreneur who is the founder and director of the SET Group. Loidi is a consultant for strategy, marketing and innovation and he provides service for some of the biggest companies on the continent. Loidi is also a speaker who has given speeches all over the world and talks on key points such as innovation, marketing,... read full bio
Stewart Butterfield is a Canadian entrepreneur and billionaire businessman who is best known for co-founded Flickr, which is a photo-sharing website, and for founding Slack, which is a team instant-messaging application communication tool. Butterfield has earned his B.A. in Philosophy from University of Victoria and went on to earn his Master of Philosophy from University of Cambridge. Butterfield started his... read full bio
Ben Silbermann is an American billionaire Internet entrepreneur who is best known for being the co-founder and CEO of Pinterest, a visual discovery engine and application that lets it’s users organize and post things such as imagines, links, and recipes. Silbermann has earned his degree in political science from Yale College. He began his career as a consultant for CEB,... read full bio
Brian Chesky is an American billionaire technology entrepreneur who is CEO and co-founder of Airbnb, which is a peer-to-peer lodging service which offers places to stay all over the world. Chesky was interested in art at a young age and later in life he found a passion for design and landscape architecture. Chesky has earned his B.A. in Industrial Design... read full bio
John Collison is an Irish entrepreneur who is best known for co-founding Stripe alongside his brother, Patrick Collison. Stripe is a technology company that allows businesses as well as individuals the opportunity to make and receive payments over the Internet. After the brothers co-founded Stripe, they received backing from Sequoia Capital and from people such as Elon Musk, Peter Thiel,... read full bio
Robin Arzon is an American ultramarathon runner, author, fitness instructor, an RRCA certified running coach, and VP of Fitness Programming for Peloton. Arzon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and she graduated from Villanova University School of Law. She spent seven years working as a corporate litigator at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP. Before leaving to pursue a career in... read full bio
Ryan Coolger is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter from Oakland, California. Coogler gained fame after the release of his first feature film, “Fruitvale Station,” which earned him awards at the Sundance Film Festival. Coogler has gone on to gain even more fame after co-writing and directed films such as “Creed” and “Black Panther,” the latter of which has... read full bio
Sir Ridley Scott is an English film director, filmmaker and film producer from South Shields, County Durham, England. Scott had a passion for science-fiction films as a young age after reading novels of H.G. Wells. After watching the film “2001: A Space Odyssey,” Scott knew he wanted to make films and went on to earn a degree in design from... read full bio
