Matt Britton is the founder and CEO of Suzy, an AI-powered consumer intelligence platform used by enterprise brands to get real-time answers from real people. A two-time #1 Amazon business bestselling author (YouthNation, Generation AI) and one of the most in-demand keynote speakers on AI and generational change, he has spent 25+ years decoding how the next generation buys, works, and lives. Before Suzy he built youth-marketing agency Mr Youth into MRY, a 500-person global shop sold to Publicis, and spun out Crowdtap, which became Suzy in 2017.
Elon Musk is the wealthiest person in recorded history and the founder or co-founder of nine major companies including SpaceX, Tesla, xAI, and Neuralink. Born in Pretoria, South Africa, he taught himself to code at 10, sold his first game at 12, and dropped out of a Stanford PhD after two days to chase the internet gold rush. His companies collectively own 65% of all operational Earth satellites, produce the world's best-selling electric vehicles, and are actively building brain-computer interfaces and rockets to colonize Mars. As of May 2026, his net worth stands at approximately $809 billion.
Shervin Pishevar is an Iranian-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and super angel investor known for early-stage investments in Uber, Airbnb, and over 200 startups. A former managing director at Menlo Ventures and co-founder of Sherpa Capital, he has achieved 93 exits in his 27-year tech career and averaged 73x returns on investments. Co-founder and former executive chairman of Hyperloop One, Pishevar championed Elon Musk's vision for high-speed transportation. Currently, he runs the Edison Fund and serves as chairman of Telly, continuing to shape the future of technology and innovation. His journey from an immigrant family that arrived with $35 to becoming a Forbes Midas List investor for four consecutive years exemplifies the American Dream.
Azeem Azhar is the founder of Exponential View, a weekly newsletter and podcast read by 150,000+ subscribers that maps the collision of technology and society. A former Guardian and Economist journalist who helped launch BBC Online in the 1990s, he went on to build and sell PeerIndex (acquired by Brandwatch in 2014), write the Financial Times Best Book of the Year 'The Exponential Age' (2021), and host a Bloomberg Originals series. He is an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School, a Visiting Fellow at Oxford's Martin School, and a Digital Fellow at Stanford's Digital Economy Lab - spending his time translating the logic of exponential technologies for executives, policymakers, and curious minds worldwide.
Brian Solis is a digital anthropologist, 9x bestselling author, and Head of Global Innovation at ServiceNow who has spent three decades decoding how emerging technology reshapes business and human behavior. He coined 'Digital Darwinism,' co-created The Conversation Prism (one of the internet's first viral infographics), and has advised Oprah, Shaq, Ashton Kutcher, and more than 1,000 startups. His 2024 book Mindshift challenges leaders to move from efficiency-first thinking to curiosity-driven reinvention in an AI-first world.
Peter H. Diamandis is a Greek-American entrepreneur, physician, and futurist who has founded or co-founded 25+ companies and is best known as the creator of the XPRIZE Foundation - which has launched over $600 million in incentive competitions catalyzing $10+ billion in R&D. A data-driven optimist, he co-founded Singularity University with Ray Kurzweil, runs the Metatrends newsletter (157,000+ subscribers), and is a 4x New York Times bestselling author. His current mission centers on longevity - he launched the $101 million XPRIZE Healthspan in 2024 and published the Longevity Guidebook in January 2025.