2020 Speakers - New & Popular Keynotes

New Yorker staff writer and National Book Award-winning author Evan Osnos specializes in politics and foreign affairs, spanning the U.S., the Middle East, East Asia and China. He won the National Book Award in 2014 for Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China.

Scott Belsky is an executive, entrepreneur, author, and investor (and all-around product obsessive). He currently serves as Adobe’s Chief Product Officer and Executive Vice President, Creative Cloud.

Daniel Gregory Amen is an American celebrity doctor who practices as a psychiatrist and brain disorder specialist as director of the Amen Clinics. He is a ten-times New York Times bestselling author.

Dr. Nancy Snyderman is a renowned surgeon, Stanford University professor, and corporate director. Her career includes fifteen years working on innovative medical programs and products for General Electric and Johnson & Johnson, and more than thirty years as a Senior Medical Editor at NBC News and ABC News.

Joan Lunden is an American journalist, author, and television host. She was co-host of ABC’s Good Morning America from 1980 through 1997 and is the author of 12 books.

Alex Honnold is a professional adventure rock climber whose audacious free-solo ascents of America’s biggest cliffs have made him one of the most recognized and followed climbers in the world.

Considered one of the most successful internet entrepreneurs, Niklas Zennström is best known for co-founding Skype, an online communications platform which was designed to reduce the cost of telephone calls to businesses and individuals in an increasingly global community.

Jack Dorsey is an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur who is co-founder and CEO of Twitter, and founder and CEO of Square, a mobile payments company.

In July of 2012, Marissa Mayer was appointed president and CEO of Yahoo, a company besieged by declining stock prices, layoffs and slowing ad revenue. Tasked with course-correcting the company, Mayer is the fifth CEO hired by Yahoo in the past five years. She is also one of only 20 women running a Fortune 500 company.

One of the most popular motivational speakers in America, Christopher is known for his empowering, rags-to-riches story of overcoming homelessness to become a multi-millionaire investor and owner and CEO of Gardner Rich LLC.

Robert Kiyoski, the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, USA Today’s No. 1 Money Book and a runaway international bestseller, is also an investor, entrepreneur and educator.

Suze Orman has been called “a force in the world of personal finance” and a “one-woman financial advice powerhouse” by USA Today. A two-time Emmy Award-winning television host, New York Times mega bestselling author, magazine and online columnist, and writer/producer, Orman is one of the top motivational speakers in the world today.

Grant Cardone is the bestselling author of The 10X Rule and If You’re Not First, You’re Last as well as a sales trainer, speaker, and entrepreneur who has worked in real estate and the auto industry.

After gaining his degree in Experimental Psychology at Balliol College, Oxford University, Shed spent two years working at Disney World. He then pursued a successful career in TV production (heading up programmes including ‘The Big Breakfast’ and ‘Big Brother’), and later created a merchandising empire selling over 1.5 million novelty gifts (and growing).

Willis Sparks is director of global macro at Eurasia Group, the world’s largest political risk consulting and advisory firm. He focuses on top global political risks as well as US politics and elections.

One of the most recognized faces in financial journalism, award winning television host, columnist and author, Trish Regan helps you make sense of today’s headlines and prepares you for new economic challenges at home and abroad.

Entrepreneur Kara Goldin is founder and CEO of hint inc., the San Francsico-based company which produces the leading unsweetened flavored water. hint® also recently launched a sunscreen spray that is oxybenzone and paraben-free and scented with hint fruit essence.

Bethenny Frankel is ahead of the curve, who has always capitalized on business opportunities – from “Bethenny Bakes,” “Princess Pashminas,” and the low-calorie cocktail category, “Skinnygirl Cocktails.”

Called a “Digital Dale Carnegie” and “the Tony Robbins of Tech,” Erik Qualman helps organizations understand the implications of social media on our daily lives—and how businesses can tap the power of social media to increase their sales, cut their marketing costs, and reach consumers directly.

Alex Banayan is the author of The Third Door (Random House, 2018), chronicling a 5-yr quest asking people like Bill Gates, Lady Gaga, Warren Buffett, and dozens of the world’s most successful people about how they broke through and launched their careers.