Mitch McLaughlinFeb 26
People I Want To Meet In 2015 & Beyond
This is an unordered list of innovators I want to meet in 2015 and beyond. I want to take a page out of their book and integrate it into my own thinking.
Tech (23):
- Chris Sacca (Lowercase Capital)
- Kevin Rose (Google Ventures, Foundation podcast)
- Jason Calacanis (Inside.com, LAUNCH, Engadget)
- Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz aka a16z)
- Ben Horowitz (Andreessen Horowitz aka a16z)
- Chamath Palihapitiya (Facebook, Golden State Warriors)
- Jack Dorsey (Twitter, Square)
- Paul Graham (Y Combinator)
- Gary Vaynerchuck (Investor, Entrepreneur)
- Larry Page (Google)
- Reid Hoffman (Greylock, LinkedIn, Author)
- Ryan Hoover (Product Hunt)
- Peter Diamantis (XPRIZE, SingularityU, Hyperloop)
- Andrew Ng (Stanford, Coursera, Google, Baidu)
- Ray Kurzweil (Futurist, Google)
- Ev Williams (Blogger, Twitter, Medium)
- Chris Messina (Google+, #hashtag)
- Mark Cuban (Mavericks, Entrepreneur, Investor, Shark Tank)
- Travis Kalanick (Uber)
- Craig Venter (Geneticist, Biochemist, Entrepreneur)
- Bill Gates (Microsoft, Inventor, Philanthropist)
- Hosain Rahman (Jawbone)
- Jack Ma (Alibaba)
Beyond Tech (10):
- David Copperfield (Illusionist, Magician)
- Oprah (Media Queen, Philanthropist)
- Stephen Curry (Athlete, Golden State Warriors)
- Barack Obama (44th President of the United States)
- Neil deGrasse Tyson (Astrophysicist, Cosmos, the OG)
- Drake (Rap-artist, Entrepreneur)
- Taylor Swift (Song-artist, Philanthropist)
- Warren Buffett (Investor, Philanthropist)
- Pope Francis
- Miley Cyrus (Song-artist, Actor)
Extensive and ambitious, I know. The best part about this list, no deadline. Whether it happens in 2015 or someday in the future. What’s important is the inevitability.
