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Jeff Bezos

1. A household name throughout the world, Jeff Bezos is the founder and CEO of Amazon.

2. Every year, Forbes magazine names Amazon as one of the world’s wealthiest companies. The Forbes 500 often ranks Amazon as the #1 most trustworthy company.

3. Bezos’s space venture, Blue Origin, is striving to make travel in space more affordable and accessible to a greater number of people.

4. In 1999, Time magazine named Bezos Person of the Year.

5. U.S. News & World Report named Bezos as one of the best leaders in America.

6. Fortune named Bezos Businessperson of the Year in 2012.

7. Jeff is a highly sought out CEO keynote speaker who can speak about leadership and scaling your business in the most effective way.

Satya Nadella

1. Satya Nadella is CEO of Microsoft.

2. He has been a leader in both consumer and enterprise endeavor throughout Microsoft.

3. Satya has worked with Microsoft since 1992. His leadership skills were quickly recognized. He was recognized as someone whose knowledge of both business and technology could positively impact the company’s most significant product offerings.

4. He served as vice president of the Cloud and Enterprise group at Microsoft. During this time, he played a critical role in making the transition to cloud infrastructure, as well as services businesses.

5. As a CEO conference speaker, Satya has spoken at many business events around the world where he has inspired audiences to think differently about how they do business.

Tim Cook

1. Tim Cook is the CEO of Apple.

2. He is a developer, engineer, and businessman.

3. Cook has held a position at Apple since 1998.

4.Time Magazine included him on their list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012.

5. Fortune Magazine named him Leader of the Year in 2015.

6. As a CEO event speaker, Tim is known for his engaging style and ability to connect with every audience. He has not only a wealth of knowledge about the business and corporate world but a dynamic sense of humor.

Bob Iger

1. Bob Iger (Robert A. Iger) is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of The Walt Disney Company. There are three fundamental pillars of his strategic approach to his roles: encouraging innovation and using the most recent technology; ensuring the best possible creative content; and securing a presence in new markets all over the globe.

2. He oversaw Disney’s acquisition of not only Pixar in 2006 and Marvel in 2009, but Lucasfilm in 2012.

3. Before becoming Disney’s Chairman and CEO, he served as President and CEO starting in October of 2005 and then Chief Operating Officer and President from 2000 to 2005.

4. Under Iger’s leadership, Forbes has recognized Disney as one of the world’s Most Reputable Companies. Barron’s called Disney one of the “World’s Most Respected Companies from 2009 to 2014.

5. Businessweek magazine listed Disney as one of the “Best Places to Launch a Career” from 2006 to 2010.

6. Mr. Iger has been invited to be a CEO guest speaker at many events around the world where he shares his insights and best practices.

Meg Whitman

1. Meg Whitman is CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Since she took on this position, the company has grown its projected annual revenues to more than $50 billion.

2. She was included on Forbes magazine’s list of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the World in 2014.

3. In 2008, The New York Times recognized her as one of the women most likely to one day be United States’ first female president.

4. From 1998 to late 2008, she was CEO and President of eBay. It was under her leadership that this company grew exponentially in power as an e-commerce engine known all over the world.

5. She once served as general manager of the Preschool Division at Hasbro Inc.

Marc Benioff

1. Marc Benioff is CEO and chairman of Salesforce.

2. Benioff is recognized as a pioneer in the field of cloud computing.

3. Forbes Magazine has honored Salesforce as the World’s Most Innovative Company for four consecutive years.

4. Benioff has always promoted the idea of integrated corporate philanthropy. The Salesforce Foundation was launched by him in 2000. The 1-1-1 model, which was created by Benioff, means that the company contribute one percent of employee hours, one percent of equity, and one percent of product back to the communities it serves around the world.

Warren Buffet

1. Warren Buffett is known for his focus on integrity in business and other parts of life.

2. He has been referred to as the “Michael Jordan of the investing game.” This is because he is one of the most successful businessmen in the United States.

3. Buffett is known for his ability to empower his audiences by showing how they can begin their investment careers by using only small sums.

4. He is one of the wealthiest people in the world. Buffett has used his resources to contribute to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, providing significant support to this organization.

Avi Reichental

1. Since 2003, Avi Reichental has held the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer at 3D Systems NYSE:DDD.

2. 3D Systems became recognized as a global 3D content-to-print leader that is having a major impact on how people not only design, product, and consume but live in their daily lives.

3. He is known for his efforts in democratizing the process that transforms an idea into reality through the production process.

4. Under his leadership, 3D Systems has grown from a provider of 3D printers to one offering end-to-end solutions that are bringing significant change to industries.

Bill McDermott

1. Bill McDermott is recognized as one of the most knowledgeable authorities on customer-oriented service in the world.

2. He is the CEO of SAP, the largest business software enterprise in the world. Earlier in his career, he was co-CEO.

3. He has published his memoir, Winners Dream.

4. McDermott has been recognized on glassdoor.com as #2 CEO. He has a 99% approval rating there in this capacity.

5. He has been recognized for his dedication to promoting better life-work balance for employees.

Jenn Lim

1. Jenn Lim is CHO (Chief Happiness Officer) at Delivering Happiness, a culture coaching company.

2. She sits on the Global Happiness Council in Workplace Wellbeing.

3. Jenn once served as Culture Book Creator at Zappos. She continues to work as a consultant for this company. It was her work with the company from its beginning in 2003 that led to its tremendous success. Today, the business is worth $2B.

4. She has created scientific ways of understanding workplace happiness. She has proven that making employees happy leads to happier customers. Both these elements are necessary for a successful enterprise.

Christina Russell

1. Christina Russell holds the position of CEO at Pure Barre, a fitness company.

2. She served as President of Camp Bow Wow, a dog boarding and daycare franchise.

3. Russell devoted 15 year of her career as a franchise owner with Curves International. During this time, she expanded her business and ended up owning four clubs. She held a number of positions with Curves, including Area Director, Business Mentor, and Vice President of Operations.

Marc Randolph

1. Marc Randolph is an experienced entrepreneur, investor, and advisor in Silicon Valley.

2. He co-founded Netflix and held the position as founding CEO, member of the board of directors, and executive producer of Netflix’s website.

3. His book That Will Never Work, published in 2019, tells the story of Netflix’s growth from its creation in 1997 to the time when Randolph left the company, in 2004.

4. Randolph frequently speaks at industry event and works with programs for mentoring young entrepreneurs.

5. He sits on the board of 1% for the Planet, an environmental advocacy group.

6. Randolph is chair of the Board of Trustees at the National Outdoor Leadership School.

Jacqueline Novogratz

1. Jacqueling Novogratz is the founder of Acumen Fund. She is its CEO. Acumen Fund is a non-profit fund focused on global ventures. It seeks to help alleviate global poverty.

2. She has been listed by Foreign Policy in the publication’s list of Top 100 Global Thinkers.

3. Novogratz has been named one of the 25 Smartest People of the Decade by The Daily Beast.

4. She published a best-selling memoir, The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World, in 2010.

Randi Zuckerberg

1. Randi Zuckerberg is an investor and entrepreneur, as well as a personality in tech media and bestselling author.

2. She is founder of Zuckerberg Media. Zuckerberg is CEO at this enterprise. Zuckerberg Media develops content, technology, and live events with the goal of bringing entrepreneurship girls and women to the center of media and popular culture.

3. Randi is host of Dot Complicated, a business talk radio show that airs each week on SiriusXM.

4. DOT on NBC Universal Kids and American Dreams on HSN are two shows that Randi currently has on TV. The former has won the Kidscreen’s Best New Preschool Series.

Peter Diamandis

1. Peter Diamandis is a co-founder of Singularity University. He is executive chairman of that institution.

2. Fortune magazine has recognized him as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders.”

3. He is the author of Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think, a bestseller.

4. In his talks, Peter shares his insights on the way the exponential growth of technology is impacting companies, governments, and people all over the world.

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