Business doesn't exist in a vacuum. It exists in the real, complex world full of artists, writers, poets, doctors, activists, and others. Each year, Ross welcomes an impressive array of speakers and experts who remind us that leadership requires a broad participation in civil society and openness to new ways of seeing and thinking. Recent guests have included:
- Jeff Immelt, General Electric Chairman/CEO
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- Byron Pitts, veteran broadcast journalist and author of Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life's Challenges
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- Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
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- Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.)
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- Gary Hamel, author of Leading the Revolution, Competing for the Future, and The Future Of Management
Read Article - Gwen Ifill, managing editor of the PBS series "Washington Week," co-anchor for "PBS NewsHour," and author of The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama
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- Richard Ward, CEO of Lloyd's of London
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- Mo Rocca, political satirist and frequent guest on NPR's "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" and CBS' "Sunday Morning"
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- Jerry White, MBA ’05, founder and executive director of Survivor Corps, and co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines
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- Kenneth Chenault, American Express Chairman/CEO
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- Dr. Tadataka Yamada, president of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Health Program
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- Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Martin Luther King Jr.
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- Spike Lee, award-winning filmmaker
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- Maya Angelou, bestselling author and poet, and distinguished social activist
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