
Phil Lempert
Consumer Trend Tracker, Food Trends Editor, NBC's TODAY and Author
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Consumer Trend Tracker, Food Trends Editor, NBC's TODAY and Author

Host of globally popular The President’s Daily Brief Podcast, Former CIA Covert Operations Officer, Cofounder of the global intelligence, investigations and security firm Portman Square Group, Host of Discovery Network's Black Files Declassified, Author of “Company Rules-Everything I know About Business I Learned From the CIA.”

Advisor on global risk; Former Ambassador of Mexico to China

4x Bestselling Author; #1 Leadership Speaker to Follow in 2026 (MSN.com); Inc. Magazine’s #1 Leadership Speaker on Culture

Negotiation Expert; Award-Winning Columbia Law School Professor; Bestselling Author

Globally Recognized Keynote Speaker; Bestselling Author; CEO, KUSI Global; Strategic Advisor on Human Leadership and Global Connection

Former Chairman of the Board of Directors, UBS (2012-2022); Governor of the German Central Bank (2004-2011); Chairman, Institute of International Finance (IIF); European Chairman, Trilateral Commission; Member of the Group of Thirty; President, Center for Financial Studies; previously named European Banker of the Year by the International Association of Economic Journalists

Mental Health Advocate; Filmmaker; Social Entrepreneur

CEO and Co-Founder, Verge Genomics

Founder of Break Through Tech, Former CIO at Verizon

Cofounder and former CEO of Kickstarter, Author of This Could Be Our Future, World Economic Forum Young Global Leader

43rd Treasurer of the U.S.; Visiting Scholar at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

CNN Political Commentator, Daily Beast Columnist, Community Organizer and Activist

Advertising Hall of Famer, Branding Expert, Entrepreneur and Best-Selling Author

CBS News Business Analyst

Senior Executive Coach, Successful Business Leader and New York Times Best-Selling Author

Renowned Economist and Author, The Rise of the Creative Class

Chief Galvanizer, The Galvanizing Group; Creator of The Relationship Building Academy™; Author of Four Books on Relationship Building (The Connector’s Way, The Trusted Way, The Daily Connector, and The Daily Connector Journal)

Chief AI Evangelist and CEO, Final Upgrade AI

Founder, Tessemae's; Founder, Alta Fresh; Founder, HomeGrown Brands; Author, Undressed: The Unfiltered Story of My Failed American Dream and How It Led to Success

Industrial pioneer; Co-creator of the world’s first 3D-printed car; Entrepreneur, Innovator, Advisor, Investor

Futurist and Innovation Strategist

Chief Design Advisor, Uplifting.Design

Culture, Diversity, Marketing and Branding Expert; Former CMO at Beats by Dre; Former VP Marketing at Apple; Voted Top 100 Black Thought Leaders by BlackList100
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