Howard Putnam

Former CEO of Southwest Airlines

Betsy Myers

Women’s Business & Leadership Expert; Author of "Take the Lead;" Former Senior Political Advisor

Howard Schultz

Executive Chairman & Former CEO of Starbucks; Former Owner of the Seattle SuperSonics

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Marissa Mayer

Co-Founder and CEO of Sunshine; Former President & CEO of Yahoo!

Jessica Herrin

Founder & CEO of Stella & Dot

Mellody Hobson

President & Co-CEO of Ariel Investments, Chair of Starbucks Board of Directors

Peter Guber

Executive, Entrepreneur & NYT Bestselling Author; Operating Owner of the 3-Time NBA Champion Golden State Warriors

Sophia Amoruso

International Public Speaker, Founder & CEO of Nasty Gal, Author of "#GIRLBOSS"

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Sir Richard Branson

Businessman & Founder of Virgin Group

Dean Kamen

Founder of FIRST; President of DEKA Research & Development Corporation

Jeff Hoffman

Serial Entrepreneur, Author & Producer

Mark Cuban

Serial Entrepreneur, Investor & Owner of the Dallas Mavericks

Tory Burch

Designer & CEO of Tory Burch; Founder of The Tory Burch Foundation

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Sherry Lansing

Former CEO of Paramount Pictures & Founder of The Sherry Lansing Foundation

Anna Deavere Smith

Award-Winning Actress, Playwright & Social Commentator

Sara Blakely

Founder & CEO of SPANX, Innovative Entrepreneur, Women Empowerment Speaker, and Philanthropist

Jeff Bezos

Founder & Executive Chairman of Amazon

Jon Steinberg

CEO of Future Plc., Founder of Cheddar; Former President & COO of Buzzfeed; Former CEO of Daily Mail.com in North America

Jenn Lim

CEO, Founder, Best-Selling Author & Global Workplace Expert

Earvin “Magic” Johnson

Basketball Hall of Famer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Motivational Speaker