Benjamin Zander is the conductor of The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and a guest conductor around the world. With London’s famed Philharmonia Orchestra, he is recording the complete cycle of Mahler symphonies for Telarc, recordings which have been received with extraordinary critical acclaim and several awards.
James Canton: Tech Futurist
Dr. James Canton is a renowned global futurist, social scientist, author, and visionary business advisor. As a former Apple Computer executive and high tech entrepreneur, he has been insightfully forecasting the key trends and technologies that have shaped our world. The Economist recognizes him as one of the leading global futurists. He has advised three White House Administrations and over 100 companies.
Bear Grylls : Adventurer
Bear Grylls has become known around the world as one of the most recognized faces of survival and outdoor adventure. His journey to this acclaim started in the UK on the Isle of Wight, where his late father taught him to climb and sail. Trained from a young age in martial arts, Bear went on to spend three years as a soldier in the British Special Forces, serving with 21 SAS.
Grace Coddington : American Vogue
“If Wintour is the Pope . . . , Coddington is Michelangelo, trying to paint a fresh version of the Sistine Chapel twelve times a year,” Time magazine said in 2009, after Vogue’s creative director rather unexpectedly was launched into the public consciousness by the hit documentary The September Issue.
Lauren Bush Lauren : World Hunger
Lauren Bush started her work as an Honorary Spokesperson for the World Food Programme (WFP) in 2004, when she helped to launch their Universities Fighting Hunger initiative. Over the past four years Lauren has traveled to many countries with WFP and UNICEF to learn about the realities of poverty and hunger firsthand.
Lori Greiner: The Warm Blooded Shark
Lori Greiner started with one idea and turned it into a multi-million dollar international brand. She is now regarded as one of the most prolific inventors of retail products, having created over 400 products, and holds 120 U.S. and international patents. She is a star shark on the hit entrepreneurial business show, Shark Tank on ABC, where she invests in companies and helps turn dreams into a reality.
Marc Benioff : Salesforce.com
Marc Benioff is chairman and CEO of salesforce.com. He founded the company in 1999 with a vision to create an on-demand information management service that would replace traditional enterprise software technology. Benioff is now regarded as one of the pioneers of cloud computing and has been instrumental in driving businesses to transform into customer companies by embracing social and mobile cloud technologies to connect with customers, partners, employees and even products in new ways.
David McCandless : “Information Is Beautiful”
David McCandless is a London-based author, data-journalist and information designer, working across print, advertising, TV and web. His information design work has appeared in over forty publications internationally including The Guardian, Wired and Die Zeit.
Chris Brogan : Social Media
Chris Brogan is a sought-after keynote speaker who has addressed crowds of thousands, been on the Dr Phil show, and once presented to a princess. Chris has consulted with companies you know like Disney, Microsoft, Coke, Titleist, Pepsico, Google, Motorola, and many more.
Ivanka Trump
As Executive Vice President of Development & Acquisitions of The Trump Organization, Ms. Trump is charged with the domestic and global expansion of the company’s real estate interests. Ms. Trump directs all areas of the company’s real estate and hotel management platforms. She is involved in all decisions—large and small—from the acquisition phase to determining the interior selections for residences and hotel suites.
Jack Uldrich : Futurist Speaker
Jack Uldrich speaks to business, nonprofit and educational audiences about future trends, emerging technologies, innovation, change, management and leadership.
Richard Barton : Founder of Expedia
Richard Barton is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Zillow.com. Before creating Zillow.com, Barton founded the online travel site Expedia. Expedia was started within Microsoft in 1994, then spun out of Microsoft in 1999. Barton served as the President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director until March 2003.
Anthony Bourdain
Author of Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly; Host of the Travel Channel’s Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. The undisputed bad boy of the food world is without a doubt Anthony Bourdain. As a chef, author and television host, Anthony Bourdain has proved time and again that he does not play by anyone else’s rules and freely offers his opinion on every topic.
Avital Zeisler : Self-Defense Expert
Avital Zeisler is a self-defense expert and motivational speaker. This once professional dancer, who trained at the National Ballet School of Canada, overcame the trauma of an assault, leading her to re-define self-defense for herself and other women. After studying self-defense in Israel, she began her career as a hand to hand combat instructor, specializing in Krav Maga, the self-defense system of the Israeli Defense Forces.
BALTHAZAR BREAKING NEWS : No pun intended
Amid the clank of silverware inside the popular SoHo brasserie Balthazar on Friday morning, a 10-by-8-foot mirror peeled away from the wall and came down slowly onto customers in the midst of their breakfast. Some diners scattered. One person, a former French government official, was slightly hurt.
Tony Alessandra : The Platinum Rule
Dr. Tony Alessandra helps companies achieve market dominance through specific strategies designed to out market, outsell, and out service the competition. Dr. Alessandra has a street-wise, college-smart perspective on business, having realized success as former a graduate professor of marketing, entrepreneur, business author and keynote speaker. He earned his BBA, MBA and PhD, all in Marketing, from the University of Notre Dame, the University of Connecticut, and Georgia State University, respectively.
Yossi Ghinsberg
In the midst of the uncharted Amazon, after losing his three companions, Yossi Ghinsberg was left alone for three weeks, surviving against the odds. He ultimately lived to tell his story, which now defines his understanding of himself and his life’s purpose.
Brett King : Financial Services Innovator
Author of the groundbreaking bestsellers BANK 2.0 and Bank 3.0, Brett King is the founder and CEO of Moven, the first direct mobile bank in the US and the UK. Brett also runs a niche strategic advisory firm, User Strategy, where he is a strategic advisor to the world’s leading financial services organizations. Recently named “Innovator of the Year” by American Banker and Bank Technology News Magazines, Brett is a global thought leader in financial services and customer experience.
Dr. John Kotter : Leadership and Change
John P. Kotter is internationally known and widely regarded as the foremost speaker on the topics of Leadership and Change. His is the premier voice on how the best organizations actually achieve successful transformations. The Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and a graduate of MIT and Harvard, Kotter’s vast experience and knowledge on successful change and leadership have been proven time and again.
Breakfast At Balthazar with Cindy Gallop
She swears to God corporations must change from the bottom, because it will never happen at the top. It’s the juniors who must take the initiative and change the culture.” Cindy consults for some of the biggest corporations in the country, often spending an entire week studying every department, speaking to people at every level. “The whole story is never in the executive boardrooms,” she says. “It’s always among the troops.”
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