Business Speakers

Stephen M. R. Covey is the former CEO of Covey Leadership Center and a global authority on trust-based leadership. He is a #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Speed of Trust. He personally led the strategy that propelled The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to global recognition. His keynotes provide leaders with the eminently practical and unprecedented strategies for how to build trust to achieve superior performance and unleash unleash greatness in others.

Blake Mycoskie is the founder of TOMS and the pioneer of the One for One business model, which integrates social giving into the core of a for-profit enterprise. His venture has provided tens of millions of shoes and sight-restoring services globally. The New York Times bestselling author of Start Something That Matters, Mycoskie is a global advocate for purpose-driven business. As a speaker, he shares his story of innovation and perseverance, providing audiences with a blueprint for building a sustainable, profitable company while simultaneously making a profound social impact.

Howard Behar is the former President of Starbucks North America and founding President of Starbucks International. He is hailed as a “hero of conscious capitalism” and the ultimate “servant leader.” His book, It’s Not About the Coffee, serves as a guide to leading by putting people first. As a speaker, he inspires leaders, corporations, and students worldwide to lead with their values first, using his experience to prove the superior financial performance of the Servant Leadership Model.

Carly Fiorina is the former Chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard (HP), where she led the controversial but ultimately strategic merger with Compaq. She is a highly sought-after business speaker and executive advisor. As one of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women (Forbes), she brings firsthand experience in corporate turnaround, strategic mergers, and high-stakes politics. She is currently Chairman of the American Conservative Union Foundation and Opportunity International, which focuses on micro-finance to alleviate poverty.

Dr. Vijay Govindarajan is one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and innovation and a Professor at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business. He served as the first Chief Innovation Consultant at GE. He is the pioneer of Reverse Innovation and a New York Times bestselling author. His keynotes, delivered to over 25% of the Fortune 500, provide thought-provoking insights on strategic transformation and how organizations can thrive in a multispeed, global world.

Steve Blank is a serial entrepreneur, acclaimed author of The Four Steps to the Epiphany, and the creator of the Customer Development model that serves as the foundation of the Lean Startup movement. His work has been recognized by the National Science Foundation (NSF), for which he created the I-Corps curriculum, and by the Harvard Business Review as one of the "Masters of Innovation." His presentations equip government, corporate, and academic audiences with the tools to innovate effectively and systematically in rapidly changing environments.

Joe Pine is the pioneer and leading expert on the Experience Economy and the bestselling co-author of the seminal book of the same name. He provides management advice to Fortune 500 companies and startups worldwide. His books, including Authenticity, Infinite Possibility, and Mass Customization, showcase his ability to predict economic shifts. As a highly sought-after speaker, he shares strategies for experience innovation on the digital frontier and demonstrates how making the customer experience the central focus is the lifeblood of an enterprise.

Dr. Alex Edmans is a Professor of Finance at LBS and a leading expert on responsible business and ESG. His book, Grow the Pie, has been translated into nine languages, and he is a Fellow of the British Academy. As a keynote speaker, his TED Talks have a combined 3 million views on topics like The Social Responsibility of Business and trust in a post-truth world. He provides senior leaders with actionable, research-backed strategies for integrating purpose and profit and navigating the biases inherent in stories, statistics, and studies.

Rebecca Henderson is an influential economist and a professor at Harvard Business School. She is a leading authority on organizational and strategic change, focusing her research on the role of purpose-driven firms in building a more sustainable economy. Her book, Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire, was shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year. As a speaker, she provides a new intellectual framework and a plausible path forward for business leaders, offering both the urgency and the hope needed to solve complex global challenges like climate change.

Terry Jones is a technology pioneer and serial entrepreneur, celebrated as the founder of Travelocity.com and founding Chairman of Kayak.com. His IPOs and exits total over $10 billion. As a highly sought-after international speaker, he is a recognized authority on the Future of Business and Digital Transformation. His keynotes, based on his books Disruption Off and ON Innovation, provide thought-provoking, actionable steps for harnessing technology and innovation to achieve disruption and keep pace with a rapidly changing world.

Dr. Mohanbir Sawhney is a globally recognized expert in strategic marketing and digital innovation. Business Week named him one of the 25 most influential people in e-Business. A Professor at the Kellogg School of Management, he advises and speaks to Global 2000 firms and governments worldwide. His keynotes provide highly actionable insights on organic growth, process-centric marketing, and new media strategies for navigating digital disruption.

Nithin Kamath is the Founder and CEO of Zerodha, India’s largest retail brokerage firm, which handles approximately 15% of India’s daily trading volume. He is a member of the SEBI Secondary Market Advisory Committee (SMAC) and has championed financial literacy through initiatives like Varsity. His keynotes focus on FinTech innovation, strategic scaling, and the democratization of wealth creation in India.

Sara Blakely is the founder and Executive Chairwoman of SPANX, the globally successful brand she launched with minimal capital. She is recognized for her innovation in the retail industry and was named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. As a keynote speaker, Blakely shares her inspiring, authentic story of overcoming self-doubt and market resistance to achieve success. Her talks provide actionable motivation and key concepts on entrepreneurship, embracing failure as a learning opportunity, and how to trust your instincts to build a market-leading brand.

Nikhil Kamath is one of India's youngest billionaires, Co-founder of Zerodha (India's largest retail brokerage), and a signatory of The Giving Pledge. He is the founder of the WTFund, which provides non-dilutive grants to young entrepreneurs under 25, aiming to harness India's vast youth potential. His keynotes offer candid insights on entrepreneurship, sustainability, and risk from the perspective of an executive who built a massive, democratizing fintech platform.

Deepinder Goyal is the founder and CEO of Zomato, one of the world's largest food aggregators, with over 70 million monthly users and operations in 23 countries. An alumnus of IIT Delhi and a former management consultant at Bain & Company, his talks focus on scaling startups, resilience, and product development in the food-tech industry. He inspires audiences with his vision of "better food for more people" and his commitment to tackling hunger and food wastage.

Ravi Venkatesan is a key thought leader in technology and business management. Having served as Chairman of Microsoft India, he plays a significant role in advocating for ethical digital transformation. Ravi's work focuses on utilizing technology as a tool for fostering sustainable, inclusive development across global communities.

Dr. Yves Pigneur is the co-creator of the Business Model Canvas and a recognized Top Management Thinker by Thinkers50. He is an expert in business model innovation and strategy. The co-author of the global bestseller Business Model Generation, he helps businesses thrive by providing powerful strategic tools to reinvent old models. His keynotes focus on information systems, design, and innovation, empowering organizations to gain a competitive edge by creating strong value propositions.

Jim McKelvey is the Co-founder of Square and a serial entrepreneur. He is the author of The Innovation Stack and a recognized expert in digital payment disruption and scalable business models. He is the co-founder of LaunchCode, a non-profit that creates pathways for aspiring professionals to find work in the tech sector. His keynotes share insights from his successful career, providing a practical blueprint for how companies can build stable organizational structures on the principles of entrepreneurship and relentless innovation.