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908 speakers across 11 editions.
David Brooks 4×Staff Writer, The Atlantic; Senior Presidential Fellow, Yale University Jackson School of Global Affairs, The Atlantic
Katie Couric 4×Journalist; Co-Founder, Katie Couric Media
Fareed Zakaria 3×Journalist; Host, "Fareed Zakaria GPS," CNN; Columnist, The Washington Post; Author, CNN; The Washington Post
Gillian Tett 3×Columnist and Editorial Board Member, Financial Times; Provost, King's College, Cambridge University, Financial Times; King's College, Cambridge University
Laurie Santos 3×Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon Professor of Psychology, Yale University; Podcast Host, "The Happiness Lab", Yale University
Amy Webb 2×Founder and CEO, Future Today Strategy Group; Professor, NYU Stern School of Business, Future Today Institute
Angela Duckworth 2×Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor; Co-Founder, University of Pennsylvania; Character Lab
Anna Deavere Smith 2×Actress; Playwright; University Professor, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
Brian Greene 2×Professor of Physics and Mathematics; Director, Center for Theoretical Physics; Co-Founder, Columbia University; World Science Festival
Catherine Price 2×Speaker; Consultant; Co-Author, "The Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World", author
David Miliband 2×President and CEO, International Rescue Committee
Diane Brady 2×Executive Editorial Director, Fortune, Fortune
Elizabeth Cohen 2×Contributor, NBC News; Contributor, AtlanticLIVE, NBC News; AtlanticLIVE
Jennifer Wallace 2×Journalist; Founder, The Mattering Institute; Co-Founder, The Mattering Movement, The Mattering Institute
Jonathan Haidt 2×Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership, New York University Stern School of Business
Kate Bowler 2×Host, "Everything Happens;" Author, "Joyful, Anyway;" Associate Professor of American Religious History, Duke University, Duke Divinity School
Kelly Corrigan 2×Author; Podcast Host, "Kelly Corrigan Wonders", PBS / NPR
Kevin Rudd 2×Ambassador to the United States, Embassy of AustraliaKrista Tippett 2×Founder; Podcast Creator and Host, The On Being Project
Mary Barra 2×Chair and CEO of General Motors | First female CEO of a 'Big Three' automaker, General Motors- MSMichael Sandel 2×Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government, Harvard University
Oskar Eustis 2×Artistic Director, The Public Theater | Championing Groundbreaking Theater, The Public Theater
Peter Thiel 2×Partner, Founders Fund; Founder, Thiel Fellowship and Thiel Foundation.jpg%3Fwidth%3D800&w=3840&q=75)
Pico Iyer 2×Author; EssayistSaheem Ali 2×Associate Artistic Director and Resident Director, The Public Theater, The Public Theater
- SKSal Khan 2×Khan Academy Founder | Revolutionizing Global Education Through Free Online Learning, Khan Academy
- SNSatya Nadella 2×CEO of Microsoft | Transforming Technology and Leadership Through Innovation
Thomas Friedman 2×Foreign Affairs Columnist; Author, The New York Times
Tristan Harris 2×Technology Ethics Innovator | Center for Humane Technology Co-Founder, Center for Humane Technology
Vijay Vaitheeswaran 2×Global Energy and Climate Innovation Editor, The Economist
Vishaan Chakrabarti 2×Architect; Founder and Creative Director, PAU (Practice for Architecture and Urbanism), PAU (Practice for Architecture and Urbanism)
Walter Hood 2×Founder and Creative Director, Hood Design Studio, Hood Design Studio
Walter Isaacson 2×Bestselling Author | Acclaimed Historian and Journalist, Tulane University
Whitney Wolfe Herd 2×Founder and CEO, Bumble
Yamiche Alcindor 2×Washington correspondent, NBC News | Former White House correspondent for PBS NewsHour, NBC News
Yancey Strickler 2×Founder, Artist Corporations, Artist Corporations
Zachary Karabell 2×Founder of the Progress Network; Host, "What Could Go Right?" Podcast; Author, Progress Network- AOAlessandra Orofino Social Entrepreneur | Empowering Civic Engagement, NOSSAS
Alex Honnold Free solo climber | First to climb El Capitan without ropes
Alex Rodriguez Chair and CEO, A-Rod Corp
Alexandra Mousavizadeh Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Evident- ANAlexis Nikole Nelson Forager & Author | Reclaiming Wild Foods
- ALAlmar Latour CEO, Dow Jones & Publisher, Wall Street Journal | Media Leadership
Andrea Armstrong Dr. Norman C. Francis Distinguished Professor of Law, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law; Founder, IncarcerationTransparency.org, Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law
Andrew Yang Co-Chair, Forward Party
Anne Pasternak CEO of Creative Time | Empowering Art to Move, Motivate and Inspire, Creative Time- ASAnne-Marie Slaughter Former Foreign Policy Chief | Leading the Future of Work
- ARAnthony D. Romero Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union
- AHAparna Hegde OBGYN Surgeon | Transforming Healthcare Access in India, ARMMAN
Ariel Ekblaw Founder and CEO, Aurelia Institute, Aurelia InstituteArjun Sethi Co-CEO, Kraken
Arthur C. Brooks Harvard Professor & Atlantic Columnist | Co-Author with Oprah Winfrey
Arvind Krishna Chairman and CEO, IBM
Ashish Jha Dean, Brown School of Public Health | Leading America's COVID-19 Response, Brown University School of Public Health
Atul Gawande Practicing surgeon | Author transforming healthcare through systematic innovation, Harvard
Audrey Tang Taiwan’s 1st Digital Minister and Digital Democracy Pioneer
Aziz Abu Sarah Peace Activist; Co-Founder, Mejdi Tours; Co-Founder, InterAct International, MEJDI Tours
Baiju Bhatt Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Robinhood- BTBaratunde Thurston Media Commentator | Deconstructing Racism Through Critical Media Analysis
Ben Lamm Founder and CEO, Colossal Biosciences
Returning speakers
Voices that keep coming back to Aspen Ideas Festival
Katie Couric
Pioneering Journalist | Cancer Activist, Changemaker
3 editions · 2026, 2023, 2022
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David Brooks
NYT columnist | Author of The Road to Character and How to Know a Person
3 editions · 2026, 2025, 2018
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Dr. Laurie Santos
Professor at Yale | Created Yale's most popular course: The Science of Well-Being
3 editions · 2026, 2019, 2018
Gillian Tett
Columnist and Editorial Board Member, Financial Times; Provost, King's College, Cambridge University | Financial Times; King's College, Cambridge University
3 editions · 2026, 2025, 2024
Amy Webb
Founder of Future Today Institute | Professor at NYU Stern School of Business
2 editions · 2026, 2019
Jennifer Wallace
Co-founder, The Mattering Movement | Expert on human significance and belonging
2 editions · 2026, 2025
Yamiche Alcindor
Washington correspondent, NBC News | Former White House correspondent for PBS NewsHour
2 editions · 2023, 2022
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Fareed Zakaria
Host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS | Washington Post columnist
2 editions · 2026, 2025
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