Thought Economics – Reference Interviews
Entrepreneurs: Sir Richard Branson (Founder, Virgin Group), Mark Cuban (Serial Entrepreneur & Shark Tank), Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook), Stephen Schwarzman (Co-Founder, Blackstone), Tony Hsieh (Founder, Zappos) Steve Case (Founder, AOL), Peter Diamindis (X-Prize), Brian Grazer (Film Producer), Kevin O’Leary (Shark Tank), Jerry Yang (Founder, Yahoo!), Jaan Tallinn (Co-Founder, Skype), Ed Catmull (Co-Founder, Pixar), Steve Ballmer (Microsoft, LA Clippers), Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia), Hamdi Ulukaya (Founder, Chobani)
Artists, Creatives, Sports & Entertainers: Usain Bolt, Elif Shafak, Sam Neill, Will.I.Am, Penn Jillette, David Blaine, Tracey Emin, Rita Ora, Ai WeiWei, Perez Hilton, Ken Loach, Paul Greengrass, Olafur Eliasson, Nico Rosberg, Black Thought, George Takei, Nile Rodgers, Bear Grylls, Marina Abramovic, Philippe Starck, Sir Anish Kapoor, Frank Warren, Rankin, David Bailey, Olivia Newton-John, Louis Saha, Jordan Belfort, Philip Neville, Moby, Jameela Jamil, Hans Zimmer, Claudia Schiffer, AJ Mendez, David Baddiel, Chetan Bhagat, Vikas Khanna, Alain DuCasse, Heston Blumenthal, Manny Pacquiao,
Thinkers: Noam Chomsky, Steven Pinker, Melinda Gates, Dr. Buzz Aldrin, Deepak Chopra, Garry Kasparov, Chris Anderson, Dr. Jane Goodall, Jocko Willink, Cherie Blair, Maya Angelou, Prof. Stew Friedman, Gen. Stan McChrystal, Nick Kristof, Robert Peston, Cherie Blair, Jordan B. Peterson, Gad Saad, Bill Drayton, Cmdr. Chris Hadfield, Wim Hof, Frank Abagnale, David Baddiel, Bill Drayton.
Nobel Prize Winners: Professor Muhammad Yunus, Kailash Satyarthi, Prof. Edmund Phelps, Prof. Jody Williams, Dr. Shirin Ebadi, President Maarti Ahtisaari of Finland, Prof. Michael Spence, Professor Alvin E. Roth, Professor May-Britt Moser, Professor Daniel Kahneman, Professor Brian Schmidt. Dr. Mario Capecchi.
World Leaders: F. W. de Klerk (Former President, South Africa – Nobel Peace Prize Winner), Antonio Costa (Prime Minister of Portugal), Juri Ratas (Prime Minister of Estonia), Vicente Fox Quesada (Former President, Mexico), Guy Verhofstadt (Former Prime Minister, Belgium), HRH Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands, Lech Walesa (Former President, Poland – Nobel Peace Prize Winner), Bertie Ahern (Former Prime Minister of Ireland), Toomas Hendrik Ilves (Former President, Estonia), First Lady of NYC, Charlene McCray, Gen. Michael Hayden (Former Director of CIA & NSA).