Big Think Speakers

Technology Reviewer & YouTube Star

Iconic Actor, Comedian, Author, Playwright & Musician

Ex-VP of Data at Spotify; Founder of Seed; Founder of an AI startup, Stealth

Professor of Marketing at NYU’s Stern School of Business; Serial Entrepreneur & CNN+ Host.

Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

Bestselling Author, Professor of Business at NYU

Emmy-nominated TV Personality; Futurist; Host of National Geographic Channel’s “Brain Games”

New York Times Best-Selling Author & The Foundational Expert in the Science of Influence

World-renowned Hacker, Inventor, Viral TED Speaker, Problem Solver, Technology Futurist

Senior Adviser to UN Envoy for Cities and Climate; Former CEO and Chairman of the Sierra Club

Technology Strategist: Employee & Customer Engagement, Tech-Life Balance

Professor of Psychology & Chair of Department of Psychology at Columbia University

Global Economist, Author & Investor in the Future

Founder of The Webby Awards; Emmy-Nominated Filmmaker, Bestselling Author, Internet Pioneer & Futurist

Harvard Professor, Researcher, Positive Psychology Expert, Author of "The Happiness Advantage" & "Big Potential"

Global Distinguished Professor of Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Co-Founder & CEO, Whole Foods Market

Award-Winning Writer, Food Politics Activist, Filmmaker & Academic

U.S. Congressman (1981-2012); Chairman, House Financial Services Committee (2007-2011)

Chief Evangelist of Canva & Executive Fellow of the Haas School of Business (UC Berkeley); Former Chief Evangelist of Apple