12 Top Keynote Speakers to Engage Large Audiences

Do you need a great speaker who can engage an audience of thousands? A speaker who can connect, entertain, and inform in a way that the audience is still talking about the keynote for days afterward? Someone who can turn your large event into a success?

At BigSpeak Speakers Bureau, we work with the top keynote speakers who can engage with large audiences. These keynote experts are proven professionals who are as comfortable speaking to 2,000 people as 20,000.

If you need someone to command the stage in your auditorium or arena, these are the speakers you want to call.

1) Molly Bloom is a top-booked inspirational speaker and one of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women. She shares a life journey of triumph, ruin, and reinvention—from Olympic dreams crushed by a career-ending accident to seeing her multi-million-dollar business threatened by organized crime and shut down by the FBI.

2) Tiffani Bova is a growth, innovation, and sales transformation keynote speaker who is also a two-time Wall Street Journal bestselling author and highly rated podcast host of What’s Next! with Tiffani Bova. As a top business speaker, she helps thousands of companies respond to changing market dynamics while developing a customer-centric go-to-market approach.

3) James Clear is a top personal development keynote speaker and the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Atomic Habits, which has sold over 25 million copies worldwide. His entertaining talks teach audiences about small habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement.

4) Marcus Collins is a bestselling author, the Professor in Residence at TikTok, and a recognized authority on leveraging the power of culture to influence behavior, inspire collective change, and move them to take action. Marcus helps companies and organizations realize the best versions of themselves by unlocking the power of culture.

5) Jia Jiang is the world’s foremost authority on rejection, the most-viewed TED Talk speaker, a Toastmasters Golden Gavel winner, and the bestselling author of Rejection Proof. His inspiring, research-based keynotes are known for laugh-out-loud stories from his fascinating life and professional journey, motivating all of us to become fearless in pursuit of our goals and dreams.

6) Omar Johnson was named one of the “Most Innovative CMOs” by Business Insider and was the mastermind behind Beats by Dre’s rise from a $20 million niche player to a $2 billion category. Omar shares that the dynamic human-centric approach revolves around the synergy of people, products, and compelling storytelling. 

7) Zack Kass is a global AI advisor and the former Head of Go-to-Market at OpenAI, where he built the company’s sales, solutions, and partnerships teams. Today, he advises Fortune 1000 companies and governments on how to lead in an AI-driven world.

8) Kevin O’Leary is a serial entrepreneur, respected investor, bestselling author, and famous as “Mr. Wonderful” on ABC’s multi-award-winning Shark Tank. O’Leary is passionate about helping people from all walks of life gain the freedom that comes from achieving their financial and entrepreneurial dreams.

9) Matthew Luhn is a master of storytelling and a sought-after speaker, with a 30-year career working on The Simpsons and Disney/Pixar blockbusters, including Toy Story, Finding Nemo, and Cars. Matthew helps Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurs, and others to craft and tell stories that bridge the gap between business and heart, building stronger brands and more impactful business communications.

10) Marc Randolph is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, investor, and the co-founder and first CEO of Netflix. Marc weaves an inspiring story that shows the value of innovation, persistence, optimism, and the many other values that he believes made Netflix successful.

11) Sol Rashidi is an AI Anthropologist and a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence who helped launch Watson in 2011 and became the world’s first Chief AI Officer in 2016. Her mission is to amplify business and workforces, empowering leaders and teams to harness AI strategically and creatively.

12) Gregory Robinson is a leadership speaker and a 33-year NASA veteran, best known as the turnaround leader of the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb). Robinson’s renowned leadership skills and soft-spoken management and communication style have earned him numerous awards and honors, including being named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2022.

If you want a top speaker for your next big event, call BigSpeak Speakers Bureau today.

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