TED speakers

Byron V. Garrett
Chairman of the National Family Engagement Alliance (NFEA)

Gabrielle Walker
Expert on Climate Change Sustainability and helping businesses to meet these global challenges


Olaf Groth
Expert on Disruptive Technology Trends & Futures

Ann Shoket
Author & Thought Leader for Millennial Women

Nataly Kogan
Happiness Expert and Venture Capitalist

Matt Whiat
Former U.S. Air Force Officer

Daniel Susskind
Expert on the Future of Work

Erin Gruwell
Educator and Founder, Freedom Writers Foundation

Jacob Soll
Bestselling author, award winning historian and college professor

Peter Diamandis
Chairman & CEO, X PRIZE Foundation

Eli Pariser
Internet Activist and Author

Sarah McBride
Transgender Rights Activist - US Senator for the State of Delaware.

Adam Galinsky
Columbia Business School Professor, Social Psychologist, & Leadership Expert

Jonah Sachs
Storyteller & Creativity Expert


Cindy Eckert
Founder and CEO - Slate Pharmaceuticals and Sprout Pharmaceuticals,
Angel Investor and Founder - The Pink Ceiling and The Pinkubator,
Member and Speaker- The Shark Group

Jennifer Doudna
Co-recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Danny Meyer
Restaurateur & Founder of Shake Shack

Koert van Mensvoort
Artist and Philosopher

Jennifer Finney Boylan
New York Times Columnist & Transgender Rights Pioneer

Amanda Bennett
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Journalist