TOP 100 INNOVATION SPEAKERS: HIRE FUTURIST KEYNOTE FOR CORPORATE EVENTS

07 Aug TOP 100 INNOVATION SPEAKERS: HIRE FUTURIST KEYNOTE FOR CORPORATE EVENTS

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The Top 100 innovation speakers who keynote at corporate events are a must-see, and work as futurist consulting experts off-stage as well. Conference, convention and corporate meeting planners seeking to craft more compelling programs and events routinely book and hire the thought leaders, because the Top 100 innovation speakers are proven to captivate and engage audiences of all kinds.

To begin with, visionary strategist and futurist Scott Steinberg stands at the vanguard of keynote speaker and consulting work, having advised nearly 3000 brands. Lauded by Fortune as the Master of Innovation and recognized by leading media outlets like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, Top 100 innovation speakers headliner Steinberg has guided Fortune 500 firms—including Microsoft, Sony, Intel, and ESPN—through shifting consumer and technology landscapes. His bestselling books such as Think Like a Futurist and Fast >> Forward provide executives with frameworks to anticipate trends and thrive amidst disruption.

Joining Steinberg on the Top 100 innovation speakers readout are an assortment of esteemed innovation leaders, spanning sectors from tech and media to healthcare and education:

 

  1. Doug McMillon – Walmart
  2. Andy Jassy – Amazon
  3. Tim Cook – Apple
  4. Karen Lynch – CVS Health
  5. David Wichmann – UnitedHealth Group
  6. Darren Woods – Exxon Mobil
  7. Warren Buffett – Berkshire Hathaway
  8. Sundar Pichai – Alphabet (Google)
  9. Brian Tyler – McKesson
  10. Steven Wigginton – AmerisourceBergen
  11. Joaquin Duato – Johnson & Johnson
  12. Jon Moeller – Procter & Gamble
  13. Rosalind Brewer – Walgreens Boots Alliance
  14. Craig Menear – Home Depot
  15. Arvind Krishna – IBM
  16. Michael Miebach – Mastercard
  17. Carol Tomé – UPS
  18. Inge Thulin – 3M
  19. Marc Benioff – Salesforce.com
  20. John Stankey – AT&T
  21. Alan Schnitzer – Travelers Companies
  22. Brian Moynihan – Bank of America
  23. Charles Scharf – Wells Fargo
  24. Jane Fraser – Citigroup
  25. James Gorman – Morgan Stanley
  26. Mark Zuckerberg – Meta Platforms
  27. Ed Bastian – Delta Air Lines
  28. Ramon Laguarta – PepsiCo
  29. H. Lawrence Culp Jr. – General Electric
  30. Pat Gelsinger – Intel
  31. Robert Ford – Abbott Laboratories
  32. Albert Bourla – Pfizer
  33. Bob Chapek – Disney
  34. James Quincey – Coca‑Cola
  35. Hans Vestberg – Verizon
  36. Brian Roberts – Comcast
  37. Terry Duffy – CME Group
  38. Marvin Ellison – Lowe’s
  39. Rodney McMullen – Kroger
  40. Craig Jelinek – Costco Wholesale
  41. Joseph Sullivan – State Street Corporation
  42. Stephen Squeri – American Express
  43. Dave Calhoun – Boeing
  44. Darius Adamczyk – Honeywell International
  45. Satya Nadella – Microsoft
  46. Jensen Huang – NVIDIA
    47. Elon Musk – Tesla, SpaceX, xAI
    48. Wang Chuanfu – BYD
    49. Ren Zhengfei – Huawei Technologies
    50. Sam Altman – OpenAI
    51. Luis von Ahn – Duolingo
    52. John Stankey (listed above as #20) – AT&T
    53. Warren Buffett (listed above as #7) – Berkshire Hathaway
    54. Jamie Dimon – JPMorgan Chase
    55. Akio Toyoda – Toyota Motor
    56. Wael Sawan – Shell
    57. Liao Lin – Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
    58. Kyung‑Kye Hyun – Samsung Electronics
    59. Lisa Su – AMD
    60. Alex Karp – Palantir Technologies
    61. Ted Sarandos – Netflix
    62. Doug McMillon (already #1) – Walmart
    63. Stephen Squeri (already #42) – American Express
    64. Larry Fink – BlackRock
    65. Reshma Kewalramani – Vertex Pharmaceuticals
    66. Mukesh Ambani – Reliance Industries
    67. Natarajan Chandrasekaran – Tata Sons
    68. Salil Parekh – Infosys
    69. Alexis Banga – (Former Mastercard, now World Bank)
    70. Sanjay Mehrotra – Micron Technology
    71. Leena Nair – Chanel
    72. George Kurian – NetApp
    73. Nikesh Arora – Palo Alto Networks
    74. Jayshree Ullal – Arista Networks
    75. Vasant Narasimhan – Novartis
    76. Vimal Kapur – Honeywell (note: overlaps with Darius Adamczyk)
    77. Revathi Advaithi – Flex
    78. Margherita Della Valle – Vodafone
    79. Murray Auchincloss – BP
    80. Georges Elhedery – HSBC
    81. Whitney Wolfe Herd – Bumble
    82. Daniel Ek – Spotify
    83. Brian Niccol – Starbucks
    84. Bob Iger – Disney (past vs current, but often cited)
    85. Jane Fraser (already #24) – Citigroup
    86. Julie Sweet – Accenture
    87. Luis von Ahn (already #51) – Duolingo
    88. Gökçe Güven – Kalder
    89. Ben Nowack – Reflect Orbital
    90. Reed Hastings – Netflix (co‑founder/ex-CEO)
    91. Cathie Wood – ARK Invest
    92. Brad Gerstner – Altimeter Capital
    93. Michael Bloomberg – Bloomberg L.P.
    94. Anne Wojcicki – 23andMe
    95. Melanie Perkins – Canva
    96. Adena Friedman – Nasdaq
    97. Anne Wojcicki (already #94)
    98. Katrina Lake – Stitch Fix
    99. Brian Chesky – Airbnb

 

Collectively Scott Steinberg and this broad group of Top 100 innovation speakers and experts—from corporate trailblazers to academic pioneers—represent the cutting edge of strategy, technology, and transformative leadership.