Business + Management Speakers

As experts in their chosen fields, these business author speakers share real-world leadership experiences and clear-cut methods to transform and disrupt any industry.

Ed Catmull

Co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios, former president of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, and author of Creativity, Inc.

Priya Parker

Facilitator, strategic advisor, and acclaimed author of The Art of Gathering

Eve Rodsky

New York Times-bestselling author and creative leadership expert

More Business + Management Speakers

Caroline Arnold

Award-winning Wall Street expert and author of Small Move, Big Change

Joanna Barsh

McKinsey Director Emeritus, bestselling author of How Remarkable Women Lead and Centered Leadership and Grow Wherever You Work.

Bill Burnett

Executive Director of the Design Program at Stanford and co-author of the #1 New York Times-bestselling book Designing Your Life

John Coates

Neuroscientist, former Wall Street trader, and author of The Hour Between Dog and Wolf

Adam Davidson

Co-founder of Planet Money, award-winning journalist, and author of The Passion Economy

Dave Evans

Co-founder of Electronic Arts and co-author of the #1 New York Times-bestselling book Designing Your Life

Bent Flyvbjerg

Oxford professor, economist, global megaproject expert, author of How Big Things Get Done

Ping Fu

Co-Founder of Geomagic, author of Bend, Not Break, Executive chairman of Gelsight

Scott Galloway

Marketing Professor at NYU Stern, bestselling author, serial entrepreneur

Seth Goldenberg

Entrepreneur, design visionary, and author of Radical Curiosity

Marc Goodman

Global security advisor, futurist, and New York Times-bestselling author of Future Crimes

Chris Guillebeau

New York Times-bestselling author of The $100 Startup and host of the podcast Side Hustle School

J. Kelly Hoey

Networking expert and author of Build Your Dream Network

Eric Holder

Former U.S. attorney general and esteemed civil rights leader

Therese Huston

Author of Let’s Talk: Make Effective Feedback Your Superpower

Alan Iny

Internationally recognized consultant, author of Thinking in New Boxes

Anne Kreamer

Journalist, media expert, and author of Risk/Reward

Paco de Leon

Personal finance expert and author of Finance for the People

Roger Lowenstein

Financial journalist and bestselling author of The End of Wall Street

Aaron Mahnke

Creator, writer, and producer of the hit podcast Lore

Angie McArthur

Co-author of Collaborative Intelligence and speaker on intellectual diversity

Greg McKeown

Author of the New York Times bestseller Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, CEO of THIS Inc., and Young Global Leader for the World Economic Forum

Bethany McLean

Vanity Fair contributing editor and co-author of All the Devils are Here and the national bestseller The Smartest Guys in the Room

Suze Orman

America’s most recognized expert on personal finance

Ken Segall

Former Ad Agency Creative Director for NeXT and Apple, author of New York Times bestseller Insanely Simple and Think Simple

Chris Smalls

Labor organizer and president and co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union

Neil Swidey

Award-winning journalist and author of Trapped Under the Sea, and specialist in risk and safety

Linda Kaplan Thaler

Advertising Hall of Fame luminary, Chairman of Publicis Kaplan Thaler, and bestselling author of Power of Nice and Grit to Great

Liz Tran

Executive Coach and Founder of Reset

Laura Vanderkam

Productivity expert and author of 168 Hours, I Know How She Does It, and The New Corner Office

Bina Venkataraman

Author of The Optimist's Telescope, columnist at The Washington Post, and a fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center

Rob Walker

Journalist and author of The Art of Noticing

Peter Walsh

Organizational design expert, television and radio personality, and New York Times bestselling author

Charlie Warzel

Award-winning technology reporter and co-author of Out of Office

Holly Whitaker

Bestselling author of Quit Like a Woman and Founder of Tempest, Inc.

John Wood

Founder and board co-chairman of Room to Read and author of Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy