As we move into the second quarter of 2025, we’d like to take a moment to shout out some of our speakers who have started the year with a bang, already working with us on multiple engagements for thrilled audiences. 

Zack Kass is a top-booked AI expert and the former Head of GTM for OpenAI. With 14 years of experience in the field of emerging tech, he’s an excellent resource for leaders hoping to prepare for the coming tech revolution. A techno-optimist, he provides a counterpoint to the prevailing cynical attitudes towards technology, believing firmly in the power of AI to improve the human condition. 

Restaurateur and author  Will Guidara is best known for founding the acclaimed, Michelin star and James Beard award-winning Eleven Madison Park restaurant in New York City. With experience as an entrepreneur and hospitality expert, he does whatever it takes to turn others into the perfect hosts– in other words, the perfect leaders.

Adventure racing world champion and top overcoming adversity keynote speaker Robyn Benincasa is one of the highest-rated keynote speakers in the world. A CNN Hero, bestselling author and full-time firefighter, she specializes in helping teams develop endurance and grit.

Sought-after stress expert Rebecca Heiss is waking up audiences around the world. A  diversity, equity and inclusion speaker, she enables others to understand and confront the roots of unconscious bias and engage with difficult conversations without fear, leading to increased cooperation and connection.

Sports and adventure speaker Nik Wallenda is a seventh generation circus performer known as the King of the High Wire. A daredevil stuntman and sought-after speaker, he seeks to inspire audiences around the world to follow their dreams. 

One of our most booked speaking partners of all time, Molly Bloom is a podcast host, bestselling author, and the inspiration for the award-winning film Molly’s Game. Her dramatic story of triumph, ruin, and reinvention follows her from a professional skiing career to building, and then losing, a multi-million dollar underground poker empire, and quite literally gives audiences goosebumps and brings them to their feet. 

Top storytelling keynote speaker Matthew Luhn is a former lead animator at Pixar Studios, who worked on Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, and the Toy Story series. He regularly works with both Fortune 500 companies and startup entrepreneurs sharing his insights into emotionally engaging audiences and building stronger brands.

Highly requested, Mark Matthews is a big wave surfer and international speaker possessed of magnetic charisma. After a surfing accident left him hospital-ridden, he determined to face  his fear head on, developing fine-tuned resilience techniques for strengthening mindsets.

Top sales speaker Kevin O’Leary is a venture capitalist. Shark Tank judge, and media sensation with a global following and signature candor. Possessing encyclopedic knowledge of finance, economics, and business trends, he regularly works with Fortune 1000 companies and other influential megacorps.

Speaker, serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist Josh Linkner knows a thing or two about innovation and success. With more than two decades of experience as a CEO, he has created over 10,000 jobs and sold his businesses for a profit of over $200 million dollars.

Jia Jiang is a top-booked inspirational and emotional intelligence speaker, bestselling author, and winner of the Toastmasters Golden Gavel Award. A unique and effective teacher, he has one of the most viewed TED Talks of all time, and many people have found his presentations legitimately life-changing.

Former combat pilot Jason O. Harris is a dynamic empowerment speaker sought after for his “No Fail Trust®” methodology, a trust building technique developed during the heat of battle. Helping teams create cultures of mutual trust and responsibility, he has worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies. 

Gregory Robinson is a TIME100 Pioneer, 33 years NASA veteran, and top-booked leadership speaker. Credited with transforming the then flailing James Webb Telescope program, his leadership and communication skills have won him global recognition as not only a capable people manager, but a considerate, transparent one.

Carey Lohrenz is a former Navy pilot, leadership specialist , and powerhouse keynote speaker. The first female F-14 Tomcat Fighter Pilot in the Navy, she’s flown missions worldwide and has been requested by several Fortune 100 organizations.

Want to work with one of our tried and tested, highly demanded speakers? Reach out to us at info@bigspeak.com to be connected with an advisor who will help you get started.