Nicholas Burns

Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy & International Politics, Harvard Kennedy School

Parag Khanna

Managing Partner at FutureMap; Strategic Advisor to Governments & Global Companies; Bestselling Author; TED Speaker

Sir Richard Branson

Businessman & Founder of Virgin Group

Peter Zeihan

Energy & Geopolitical Strategist, Author of "The Absent Superpower" & "The Accidental Superpower"

Carlos Brito

Chief Executive Officer, Anheuser-Busch InBev

Michael Spence

Nobel Prize Winning Economist & Commissioner for the Global Commission on Internet Governance; Holds Dual Professorship with New York University & Stanford University

Tom Freston

Principal, Firefly3; Former CEO, Viacom Inc.

Patrick Byrne

Founder & CEO, Overstock.com

Robert Cialdini

New York Times Best-Selling Author; The Foundational Expert in the Science of Influence & Persuasion

Robert Greene

New York Times Bestselling Author of "The 48 Laws of Power," "The Art of Seduction," "The 33 Strategies of War," and "The 50th Law"

Peter Thiel

Former CEO and Co-founder of PayPal; Technology Entrepreneur, Investor and Philanthropist

Jimmy Wales

Founder of Wikipedia & Wikitribune

Moby

Musician, DJ, Photographer

Lawrence Summers

Professor & Former President of Harvard University; Former Secretary of the Treasury, Director of the National Economic Council, & Chief Economist of the World Bank

Joseph Stiglitz

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

Mitt Romney

Former Governor of Massachusetts, 2012 Republican Presidential Nominee and CEO

Jeremy Rifkin

Leading Global Technologist, Futurist, Authority on World Economic & Environmental Trends

Geoffrey Moore

Organizational Theorist, Management Consultant & Author

John P. Kotter

Leadership & Change Management Guru

Gary Hamel

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

Mohamed El-Erian

President at Queens'​ College, Cambridge; Former CEO and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Pacific Investment Management Co. (PIMCO); Author of the best-selling book "When Markets Collide"

Peter Diamandis

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

Alan Dershowitz

Harvard Law School Professor; Leading Expert in Civil Rights

Jimmy Carter

Former United States President (1977-1981), Author

Ian Bremmer

President of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media; Political Scientist, Author, Entrepreneur & Lecturer

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Dan Ariely

Behavioral Economist; Professor at Duke University; Author; Founding Member of The Center for Advanced Hindsight

Mervyn King

Governor of the Bank of England (2003-2013)

Jillian Michaels

Leading Fitness Expert, Certified Nutritionist, Renowned Life Coach & Powerful Entrepreneur

Amar'e Stoudemire

Professional Basketball Player, Actor, Author, Producer, Motivational Speaker, & Philanthropist

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