Big Think Speakers

Founder & Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation; Author; Named One of The World's 50 Greatest Leaders

Internationally Renowned Expert on Business Strategy, Professor at London Business School & Author

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

American Economist, Professor at Columbia University & Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 2001

"The Science Guy"; Science Communicator, TV Presenter & Mechanical Engineer; Climate Change Activist

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

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

Chairman of Kurzweil Technologies, Inventor & Futurist

Co-Founder & CEO of VaynerMedia

Strategic Advisor for Hospitality & Leadership at Airbnb; Founder of the Modern Elder Academy

Professor of Medicine and Engineering at the University of Southern California, Co-Founder of Navigenics & Author of "The End of Illness"

World-Renowned Futurist & Theoretical Physicist

CEO of REFORM Alliance, CNN host, Emmy Award-winning Producer & NY Times Best-Selling Author

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

Philosopher, Professor, Political Activist & Author of "Race Matters"

Futurist Comedian, Writer & Cultural Critic

Co-Founder of Initialized Capital & Co-Founder of Reddit; Entrepreneur, Investor, Activist & Bestselling Author

Iconic Actor, Comedian, Author, Playwright & Musician

Technology Futurist, Inventor, World-Renowned Hacker & Viral TED Speaker

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