Biography

Co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, Inc., a global sports equipment and apparel company. Owner of the stop-motion film production company Laika.

Author, journalist, and professor. President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair and CEO of CNN, and editor of Time.

Polymath, writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. Founding Father of the United States, drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence, and first postmaster general.

American writer, journalist, and biographer. Known for writing bestselling historical non-fiction biographies.

A native of Hungary, Edith Eva Eger was just a teenager in 1944 when she experienced one of the worst evils the human race has ever known. As a Jew living in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, she and her family were sent to Auschwitz, the heinous death camp. Her parents were sent to the gas chambers but Edith’s bravery kept her and her sister alive. Toward the end of the war Edith and other prisoners had been moved to Austria. On May 4, 1945 a young American soldier noticed her hand moving slightly amongst a number of dead bodies. He quickly summoned medical help and brought her back from the brink of death.

Valedictorian of Kingman High School, from a Christian family with roots in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, India.