Executive Speaker Series

Hult International Business School is honored to welcome Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, to discuss "A ‘Wiki’ Future and its Implications for Business".

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Previous Guest Speakers

  • Azran Osman-Rani

    CEO of Air Asia X

    Speaking at Hult's Shanghai campus, AirAsia X CEO Azran Osman-Rani told an audience of over 300 executives, students and academics how the airline he started with just one plane four years ago is now worth US$600 million – even though experts at the time told him he was crazy.

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  • Richard Reed

    Co-founder of innocent

    Speaking to over 300 people in London, Entrepreneur Richard Reed’s amusing story of the beginnings of his company, Innocent, explained the need for perseverance and creative thinking, as well as social responsibility in business.

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  • Tom Mercer

    Founder of MOMA Foods

    Master of MOMA Tom Mercer charmed more than 300 people in London with his wry tales of the challenges facing any business start-up. Tom also emphasized the importance of social responsibility and the need for businesses to listen to consumers.

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  • Jimmy Wales

    Founder of Wikipedia

    Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales delivered an inspirational speech to 600 attendees at Hult's San Francisco campus on February 2, 2012, revealing how companies around the world are adopting the open-source technology that made his free encyclopedia a global success.

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  • William J. Clinton

    42nd President of the U.S.

    President Clinton was the keynote speaker at the 2nd annual Hult Global Case Challenge in New York City. He addressed an audience of 600 guests and spoke about “Embracing our Common Humanity.”

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  • Steve Forbes

    Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media

    Forbes Media Chairman, Steve Forbes, spoke on October 19, 2011. He discussed his book, Power, Ambition, Glory: The Stunning Parallels between Great Leaders of the Ancient World and Today, and the Lessons You Can Learn.

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  • Jim Rogers

    Co-Founder of Quantum Funds with George Soros

    Jim Rogers, founder of the Quantum Fund with George Soros and creator of the Rogers International Commodity Index (RICI), gave a speech at Hult’s Grand Opening in Shanghai. He shared his perspectives on life, business school, running a hedge fund, and his time as the first hedge fund manager to drive around the world through 116 countries.

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  • John Sculley

    Former CEO, Apple Inc. and former CEO, PepsiCo

    John Sculley spoke at Hult International Business School's London campus on June 15, 2011 where he discussed his time at Apple and provided the audience with keen insights on today's business climate.

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  • Steve Wozniak

    Co-founder, Apple Inc.

    Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak shared his views on ethics with MBA students at the Hult International Business School in San Francisco. Wozniak discussed his early years at HP and what he learned about social responsibility while working as an engineer at the technology company.

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  • Dave Balter

    Founder and CEO, BzzAgent

    Dave Balter founded BzzAgent in 2002. Since that time, his company has provided word-of-mouth media services for dozens of Fortune 500 companies and has been featured in The New York Times Sunday Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist and on National Public Radio.

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  • Guy Kawasaki

    Founder, Garage Technology Ventures

    Guy Kawasaki is the co-founder of Alltop.com, an "online magazine rack" of popular topics on the web, and a founding partner at Garage Technology Ventures.

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  • Harry Markopolos

    “The Madoff Whistleblower”

    A self-employed Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Fraud Examiner specializing in the forensic investigation of False Claims Act, Securities Fraud and IRS Tax Fraud.

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  • Howard E McNally

    former COO, AT&T

    Howard E McNally is a former senior executive at AT&T with extensive operating experience. Building on his 25 years of experience he has helped recruit experienced talent to help manage growth stage companies both as a recruiter and as a board member. Recently, he has been speaking on his experience and observations of innovation in corporate settings.

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  • Jonathan Rowe

    COO, GeneExpress

    Prior to joining Gene Express, Dr. Rowe held numerous integral positions at Pfizer Inc. dating back to 1998. Most recently, he served as Senior Director of Worldwide Pharmaceutical Sciences in Pfizer's Global R&D Group.

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  • Michael Dukakis

    former U.S. Presidential candidate and former Governor of Massachusetts

    Dukakis won the Democratic nomination for the Presidency in 1988 but was defeated by George Bush. Soon thereafter, he announced that he would not be a candidate for re-election as governor and served his final two years as governor at a time of increasing financial and economic distress in Massachusetts and the Northeast.

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  • Ronald Jonash

    Head of Innovation, Monitor

    Over the last 30 years Ron has conducted extensive work on metrics and performance measures in these areas focusing on risk, opportunity and options management across a wide breath of European, American and Japanese companies as well as with research institutes, government laboratories, and consortia.

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