Sumaya Kazi is an American tech entrepreneur and health expert. By the age of 23 she had founded her first company, The CulturalConnect, which was an online media company for young professionals that showed success in different ethnic diasporas. Kazi then went on to become founder and CEO of Sumazi, which is a social intelligence platform for brands, celebrities, and... read full bio
Steve Gold is a luxury real estate broker and star of Bravo’s Emmy-nominated series “Million Dollar Listing New York”. Gold is one of Manhattan’s top real estate agents and focuses on luxury properties in downtown Manhattan. He’s also been a huge role in developments in locations such as SoHo, West Village, Flatiron, and Greenwich Village. Prior to working in real... read full bio
Sophia Chang is a music business matriarch who has managed artists such as Paul Simon, A Tribe Called Quest, RZA, ODB, Q Tip, D’Angelo, and more over the years. She has worked in marketing at Atlantic, A&R at Jive, A&R Administration at UMG, GM of Razor Sharp Records, GM of Cinematic Music Group, and more. Chang ended up leaving the... read full bio
Todd Hewlin is an author, speaker, and advisor. He is currently the managing director of TCG Advisors LLC where he advises leading hardware, software, and networking companies on business model innovation, growth strategy, and transformation. Hewlin earned his BMath in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo and went on to earn his MBA at The University of Western Ontario.... read full bio
Martin Varsavsky is an Argentine entrepreneur who is based in Madrid, Spain. He is founder of numerous companies some of which include, Urban Capital, FON, Eolia, Viatel, Medicorp Sciences, and EINSTEINet. Most recently, he has been executive chairman and founder of Prelude Fertility and CEO and founder of Overture Life. Varsavsky earned his BA at the New York University and... read full bio
Jason Calacanis is an American angel investor, author, entrepreneur and podcaster from Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Fordham University with a B.A. in psychology and started his career as a reporter for the internet industry in New York. He went on to co-found the blog Weblogs, Inc. with Brian Alvey which was supported from Mark Cuban. Weblogs was later... read full bio
David Griffin is an American professional basketball executive who is currently the Executive Vice President of Basketball Operation for the New Orleans Pelicans of the NBA. Griffin is from Phoenix, Arizona, and he earned his bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Arizona State University. While studying at Arizona State, Griffin took an internship with the Phoenix Suns where he worked... read full bio
Keller Rinaudo is an American robotics and autonomous airplane entrepreneur, rock climber, and CEO and co-founder of Zipline. Rinaudo graduated from Harvard University where he became founder of the climbing wall. He graduated magna cum laude and was designated a Harvard College Scholar. While an undergrad, Rinaduo worked at Boston Consulting Group and after spending a few months working there... read full bio
Kerby Jean-Raymond is a Haitian-American fashion designer who is best known for being the founder of Pyer Moss. Kerby first gained attention after he presented his Pyer Moss Spring Menswear Collection during New York Fashion Week. His debut show highlighted police brutality and references Black Lives Matter through the video, street art and fashion. Kerby has also collaborated with Erykah... read full bio
Kiran Bir Sethi is the founder of Design for Change and The Riverside School in India. Sethi founded her company after her son started school and she noticed the teachers being sticklers to stay to the textbook and punishing any children that wanted to learn more. This led her to founding The Riverside School in Ahmedabad, which provides an alternative... read full bio
Jana Eggers is the CEO of Nara Logics, Inc., an AI company that turns data into actions and help other companies personalize their options to their customers. Prior to being the CEO of Nara Logics, Eggers has worked in leadership and technology roles at companies such as American Airlines, Intuit, Lycos, Spreadshirt, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and more. She has... read full bio
Ben Milne is the founder and CEO of Dwolla, a payments startup that builds the ideal way to move money as quickly and as safely as possible for free over the ACH network. Dwolla has since raised over 22 million dollars from investors and has been featured in Fast Company as one of the world’s 50 Most Innovative Companies. Dwolla... read full bio
Pep Gomez is an entrepreneur and investor who is the founder of Fever and Reby. Fever is the largest event discovery platform in the world while Reby is a climate change prevention company who works on making cities cleaner and more sustainable over time. Gomez has always had a passion for business as well as music and founded his first... read full bio
Jeff Wallace is an expert in Enterprise Mobility oriented to Business and is founder and CEO of Global Kinetics, which is a corporate advisor and market partner that helps clients that are looking to accelerate time to value and establish operations or expand within the U.S. marketplace. Wallace has been an advisor to several companies over the years including Berkeley... read full bio
Daniel P. Simon is the CEO and co-founder of Vested, which is a new communications agency for the financial industry. He is also a writer, entrepreneur and financial communications expert who is set to publish the book “The Money Hackers: How a Group of Misfits Took on Wall Street and Changed Finance Forever”. Simon has earned his Bachelor’s degree in... read full bio
Jennifer Rubio is an American businesswoman who is best known for being the co-founder, President and Chief Brand Officer for Away, a global lifestyle brand that creates travel products such as luggage, to help make traveling more easier. Rubio was born in the Philippines and moved to New Jersey at seven years old. At a young age, Rubio began traveling... read full bio
Phil Libin is currently the co-founder and CEO of All Turtles, a company that partners with founding teams to solve everyday problems with practical AI. All Turtles products include Sunflower Labs, Spot, Butter.ai, Disco, and more. Libin has earned his B.A. in Computer Science from Boston University and went on to begin his career working as a software engineer and... read full bio
Sir Paul Tucker is a British economist, author, and central banker who has previously been the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for Financial Stability. Tucker has previously graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied math and philosophy. He went on to begin his career with the Bank of England where he first began working as banking supervision... read full bio
Mohamed A. El-Erian is an Egyptian-American businessman and former CEO of PIMCO. He is currently the chief economic adviser to the management board at Allianz, which is the corporate parent of PIMCO. El-Erian has earned his Bachelor’s as well as his master’s degree in economics from University of Cambridge. El-Erian went on to earn his Doctorate in Economics from Oxford... read full bio
Joe J. Plumeri is a best-selling author, and CEO who is currently the Vice Chairman of the Board and senior advisor of First Data Corporation. Plumeri was born in Trenton, New Jersey, and he earned his B.A. in History and Education from The College of William & Mary. Upon earning his degree, Plumeri began working as a history teacher at... read full bio
