Sam Madani is the co-founder and CEO of BOMANI Cold Buzz, an alcohol-infused cold brew coffee brand. Born and raised in California to Iranian immigrants, a great deal of Sam’s motivation comes from witnessing the challenges his parents have successfully overcome. This drive combined with his insatiable desire to learn…
Robinson Helicopter Company was founded in 1973 by Frank Robinson, whose vision was to produce the world’s highest quality, most reliable helicopters in the most efficient, cost-effective way possible. Upon his retirement, Frank Robinson was succeeded by his son, Kurt, who is the Chairman and President of the Robinson Helicopter…
Brent Walsh is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist originally hailing from Fremont, California. He attended college at California State University, East Bay, maintaining a 4.0 grade point average for his short tenure there, before dropping out with ambitions of touring. A musician for nearly his entire life, Brent could not…
The president of Youngblood Metals Mining, Saint Jovite Youngblood has more than a decade of experience buying and selling jewelry, coins and vintage toys for discerning collectors. Youngblood’s specialty is pre-Victorian jewelry. He’s well known for his expertise in vintage toys. Earlier in his career, he focused on precious metals…
Hailing from Los Angeles, Tai Esteban Sunnanon is today’s renaissance man, focused on solving some of the world’s most pressing problems through social entrepreneurship. Tai is currently the Founder/CEO of the Strategic Insights Group, a mission-driven consulting firm; Founder/CEO of The Life Coach Expert, an executive coaching firm; Co-Founder/CEO of…
Ali Payani, Co-Founder and CEO of LookinLA, a leading digital marketing agency recognized as one of the best marketing firms in Los Angeles. He was born in 1990 in Iran and moved to Dubai in 2005 and moved to the U.S.A in 2016. The fast success of LookinLA speaks to…
Mokhtar “MJ” Jabli is a Moroccan businessman, real-estate investor and founder of The Nightfall Group, an exclusive residential rental and travel concierge company. After being homeless and then struggling to make ends meet, MJ began renting out his two-bedroom apartment in Long Beach, California. As he saw popularity rise, MJ…
Dr. Alexander Everest has over 20 years of experience in key positions in the healthcare industry. He started off as a student at the VA Medical Center and also learned the art of health care administration from his late father Dr. Edwin Everest. After working at the VA for four…
Sean Evans has been a serial entrepreneur practically his whole life. His first company was started during his second year of attending business school in Oregon. Sean sold that business and leveraged the profits from the sale to move to the warmth of Southern California – all at the age…
Richard DeVaul is an innovation thought leader, consulting CTO, and founder of HyperSolve. Previously he oversaw early-stage innovation activities at X, the Moonshot Factory (formerly Google [X]), starting and leading projects that created billions of dollars of enterprise value, including Project Loon. He was also an early leader of the…
Chelsea Montgomery-Duban Waechter, otherwise known as Chelsea Austin, is a writer, speaker and life coach from Malibu, California raised by two of the most incredible parents, her dads. Chelsea has taken her story of being raised by two gay men, and used it as a platform to spread love, tolerance…