Celebrities know all about motivation. Before becoming successful, each celebrity had to overcome huge personal challenges. Their stories of success and overcoming setbacks can inspire you to reach your own heights.

If you’re looking to fire up your audience at the next convention or meeting, BigSpeak Speakers Bureau works with The Top Celebrity Motivational Keynote Speakers. These speakers are successful entrepreneurs, championship athletes, and bestselling authors. They can provide valuable lessons on resilience, building good habits, and winning as a team.

1) Molly Bloom 

Molly Bloom is a motivational speaker, bestselling author of Molly’s Game, and the business mind behind the most exclusive, high-stakes poker game in the world. Her inspiring story covers everything from starting her business knowing nothing about poker to losing everything to the government—then overcoming addiction and rebuilding her life.

2) Ben Nemtin

Ben Nemtin is a top motivational speaker, co-founder of MTV’s The Buried Life, and author of the #1 New York Times bestselling book What Do You Want To Do Before You Die? Ben helps audiences learn how to set and achieve their bucket list goals.

3) Daymond John 

Daymond John is a motivational speaker, successful entrepreneur, and founder of FUBU clothing. You may know him best as a judge on the reality TV investor show Shark Tank. Daymond inspires audiences by sharing how he built FUBU clothing from a garage startup to a multi-million dollar company. 

4) Magic Johnson 

Magic Johnson is a motivational speaker best known to sports fans for his 13-year professional basketball career with the L.A. Lakers, which included 12 NBA All-Star games and an Olympic gold medal win. In his talks, Magic delivers a passionate message about his life story, what motivated him, and how we can all make a difference in our community.

5) Bethany Hamilton 

Bethany Hamilton came to fame as a teenage surfing sensation who lost her arm to a 14-foot tiger shark— then returned to competition. You may have read Bethany’s comeback story in the New York Times bestselling book Soul Surfer, or seen the 2011 film. Bethany motivates audiences by sharing how she came back from tragedy to compete once again.

6) Butterscotch 

Butterscotch is a top empowerment speaker and vocal percussionist virtuosa who came to fame as a finalist on America’s Got Talent. She inspires audiences with her personal story of entering the underground male-dominated beatbox battle scene, where she was later crowned the world’s first female beatbox champion.

7) Mike Rowe

Mike Rowe is a motivational speaker, author, host of the hit TV series Somebody’s Gotta Do It, and the former host of Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel. As a public speaker, Fortune 500 companies routinely hire him to talk about teamwork and success.

8) Coach Ken Carter

Coach Ken Carter is a motivational speaker, success coach, and inspiration for the movie, Coach Carter. Ken talks about the importance of a positive self-image as the foundation for success in life.

9) Amelia Earhart

Amelia Rose Earhart is a top motivational keynote speaker, President of Fly With Amelia Foundation, and the youngest woman to fly around the world in a single-engine airplane. Amelia’s contagious enthusiasm for action has inspired the likes of Fortune 500 companies and the United States Air Force Academy.

10) Jesse Itzler

Jesse Itzler is a motivational speaker, former MTV rapper, bestselling author, and founder of Marquis Jet and Zico Coconut Water. Jesse motivates audiences to think of themselves as millionaires who just haven’t gotten paid yet.

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