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Executive Speaker Series

The Hult Education Talks, held on all of the School's five campuses, attracts an impressive array of guest speakers. 

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Hult’s Executive Speaker Series brings the brightest minds from a wide range of industries and backgrounds to campus to share path-breaking business innovations and sage professional advice. 

Illuminating insight

President Bill Clinton; Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple; John Sculley, former CEO of two of the world’s biggest brands, PepsiCo and Apple - Hult attracts an impressive array of guest speakers. We do our best to get you an audience with some of the brightest executives and companies in the market. Our distinguished speaker series follows an open forum format that invites questions as well as answers.

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Thanks to HultTV, no matter at which campus you've decided to study, you'll have access to broadcasts of lectures around the world. This year, we have an impressive roster of speakers lined up: industry mavericks such as Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia; Steven Forbes, Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine; George Fisher, former CEO of Motorola and Kodak; and Jim Rogers, globally-renowned investment guru. Hult also proudly features Young Global Leaders, a select group of under-40 success stories.

John Scully, the ex-CEO of Apple, was my favorite guest speaker. I was able to speak with him for a while. John had some exciting ideas about entrepreneurship and the future of the world and his understanding of management was also very interesting.

Joshua Boone Wilcoxson

United Kingdom
Class of 2011

    Previous Guest Speakers

    • Hult Executive Speaker Series Dubai

      Ellis Watsonplay

      CEO of DC Thomson Media Group

      Hult's Executive Speaker Series went to Dubai, where we were delighted to host Ellis Watson. The Hult audience was inspired by an enthusiastic leader who has proved the value of reinventing corporate culture and injected dynamism across leading companies, such as the Greyhound bus company and Mirror newspaper group.

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    • Hult Executive Speaker Series Shanghai

      Jack Perkowskiplay

      "Mr. China" Entrepreneur, Author & Wall Street Veteran

      Jack Perkowski appeared live at Hult Shanghai and shared his experiences venturing into the Chinese market. After graduating top of his class at Harvard Business School, Jack gained extensive experience on Wall Street helping boost revenues at financial services firm Paine Webber & Co.

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    • Jessica Jackleyplay

      Co-founder of Kiva

      Hult’s Executive Speaker Series heads to Boston, February 13th for an inspiring story of how one simple idea can transform the lives of others, from the pioneering co-founder of KIVA, the world’s first online lending platform.

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    • Sir Bob Geldofplay

      Nobel Man of Peace

      As part of Hult International Business School’s commitment to connecting students with leading business executives, we were delighted to welcome Sir Bob Geldof, the famed Irish pop musician, humanitarian, broadcaster, and business executive to share his leadership experience with the Hult community on January 31st 2013.

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    • Biz Stone, Twitter co-founder at Hult International Business School

      Biz Stoneplay

      Co-founder of Twitter

      Hult proudly hosted Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, a network that has changed the way people communicate around the world, as part of the Executive Speaker Series.

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    • Nayla Al-Khajaplay

      CEO of D-SEVEN Motion Pictures

      Hult International Business School Dubai was honoured to host its Executive Speaker Series in Dubai with multi-award winning filmmaker and entrepreneur, Nayla Al Khaja.

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    • Azran Osman-Raniplay

      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 Reedplay

      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 Mercerplay

      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 Walesplay

      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. Clintonplay

      42nd President of the U.S.

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

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    • Steve Forbesplay

      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 Rogersplay

      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 Sculleyplay

      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 Wozniakplay

      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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