Aswath Damodaran teaches corporate finance and stock valuation at the Stern School of Business at New York University. The most well-known works on valuation, corporate finance, and investment management that Damodaran has written are used by academics and professionals. He also provides extensive data for valuation needs. He is the author of multiple works on investing, corporate finance, and equity... read full bio
Emily had nothing but hope for a better life while she was sleeping on a friend's mattress on the floor more than ten years ago. Emily currently owns and runs a company with more than 150,000 active clients. She has established several sales organizations in four different nations, which has helped her business bring in an astounding nine figures a... read full bio
The CEO and creator of WORTHI, a renowned ethnographic marketing, communications, and content firm, is Myles Worthington. Just 18 months after he started the business, Adweek named it one of the best Multicultural Agencies. The foundation of the WORTHI approach is ethnography, or the study of people and cultures. Worthington switched from working to starting his own business. He and his... read full bio
With over 32 years of leadership experience, Laysha Ward is a successful C-suite executive at Target, a Fortune 50 corporation with 400,000 workers and $104 billion in yearly revenue. She is a purpose-driven leader with a nationally acclaimed track record of accomplishment in achieving outcomes for brands that interact with consumers. During her thirty years at Target, Ward rose from... read full bio
The CEO and visionary founder of Remedy Place, a ground-breaking social wellness club, is Dr. Jonathan Leary. Dr. Leary and Remedy Place are bringing about a significant change in the $10+ trillion healthcare sector by combining design, holistic self-care, and personal connection. A vibrant new era of self-care has begun with Remedy Place's introduction of a worldwide events section and... read full bio
Phil Elwood is a public relations professional who has worked for some of Washington's best and worst PR companies. Elwood has experience in a number of industries, including financial services, energy, technology, and health. For enterprise-level concerns, corporate milestone announcements, executive visibility campaigns, and corporate reputation and recovery efforts, he has offered communications and media help. Elwood is also a... read full bio
With over two decades of experience in the field of daring ideas, Ryan Berman has a deep understanding of the complexities of using emotional storytelling to promote brave change. As a practitioner and expert on the topic, Ryan has had his techniques highlighted in Forbes, Fast Company, Inc., and Entrepreneur. Ryan lectures on the subject to C Suite, marketing, and professional... read full bio
Vivian Tu, a former Wall Street trader who is now an expert, educator, and entrepreneur, is working to change the financial sector to become less "male, pale, and stale." Tu is the creator and CEO of the financial equity phenomenon "Your Rich BFF," which helps underserved populations and non-experts understand the fundamentals of personal finance. With 6M followers and appearances... read full bio
The creator and mastermind behind Mielle, the fastest-growing Black-founded, female-led beauty firm that provides high-quality, natural solutions for customers with textured hair, is Monique Rodriguez. Monique started Mielle with just one product—Mint Almond Oil—after her own healthy hair care journey became popular on social media. With orders in almost 90 countries worldwide, Mielle is a worldwide sensation today. More than... read full bio
Nader Mousavizadeh is a well-known global thinker who provides practical macrostrategies and solutions to some of the top companies, investors, and decision-makers worldwide. He is Macro Advisory Partners' CEO and founding partner. Over the past 20 years, Nader has held a unique combination of leadership roles in investment banking, advisory, and diplomacy. He blends insightful analytical judgments about how businesses... read full bio
Jamie Heywood is the CEO and founder of Alden Scientific, a private research firm that uses advanced biology data and artificial intelligence to generate meaningful insights about aging and illness prevention. His brother was diagnosed with ALS in 1999, which sparked his profession focused on improving medicine and finding. Jamie, a mechanical engineer with training from MIT, has focused on... read full bio
The founder of the social media marketing firm Social Chain is Steven Bartlett. At the age of 21, this university dropout founded what would grow to be one of the most significant social networking companies globally from a Manchester bedroom. At the age of 27, he went public with his company valued at over $600 million. In addition to being a... read full bio
Michael Spence, a professor and Nobel Laureate, co-wrote Permacrisis: A Plan to Fix a Fractured World and wrote The Next Convergence. Spence is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford, and the Philip H. Knight Professor Emeritus of Management in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.... read full bio
In addition to being the CEO of a multinational research business and the world's foremost expert on human values, David Allison has authored two best-selling books and given speeches all over the world. He is committed to altering our perceptions of ourselves, those around us, and those we want to interact with through our work. His team has turned human... read full bio
Sarah is a successful and popular host. She is well-known for her proficiency in moderating panel discussions, fireside talks, on-camera hosting, and emceeing both live and virtual events. Sarah's dynamic, elegant, and captivating style always improves the event experience by adding inspiration and impact to each second. She skillfully ties together major ideas, improving the events' flow and encouraging deep audience... read full bio
Kim Bevill is a well-known speaker, author, mother, CEO of Gray Matters consulting, and educator who speaks to the widespread need for brain-harnessing habits in both our personal and professional lives. Her book, The Ten Things: A Guide to Your Brain, offers revolutionary research that could change your life. Policies that promote creativity, diversity and inclusion, enjoyment, and productivity can be... read full bio
George Fatheree is a Fintech creator, social impact entrepreneur, pioneering attorney, captivating public speaker, and subject matter expert. George is presently the Founder and CEO of ORO Impact, a social impact Fintech company committed to eliminating the wealth gap by reinventing access to down payment help in order to significantly boost house ownership. As a former law firm partner, George... read full bio
Martina Edwards was renowned as Merrill Lynch's first African-American female trading broker on the New York Stock Exchange floor, frequently completing volatile stock orders for more than $50 million in daily trading value. She was also recognized at the time as the only actively trading African-American woman seat holder among the company's 1,366 members. Edwards is presently the Chief... read full bio
Tom Goodwin is a well-known thought leader in company change worldwide. He has given more than 100 keynote addresses in 80 places in 42 countries. With more than 600 essays published in publications including The New York Times, Forbes, The World Economic Forum, Wired, Inc., and TechCrunch, to mention a few, he is a well-known industry contributor and provocateur. He is... read full bio
Melissa Gonzalez, an award-winning retail strategist, founded MG2 Advisory and is a principal of the international design and architecture business MG2. She advises brands and retailers on how to use innovative strategy and forward-thinking consumer insights from concept to implementation, drawing on her experience as a Wall Street executive and seasoned entrepreneur who has collaborated with some of the fastest-growing... read full bio
