The builders of the AI economy
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Jensen Huang founded NVIDIA in 1993 and has served since its inception as president, chief executive officer, and a member of the board of directors.
Since its founding, NVIDIA has pioneered accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, and ignited the era of modern AI. NVIDIA is now driving the platform shift of accelerated computing and generative AI, transforming the world's largest industries and profoundly impacting society.
Huang has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering and is a recipient of the Semiconductor Industry Association’s highest honor, the Robert N. Noyce Award; the IEEE Founder’s Medal; the Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award; and honorary doctorate degrees from Taiwan’s National Chiao Tung University, National Taiwan University, and Oregon State University. He has been named the world’s best CEO by Fortune, the Economist, and Brand Finance, as well as one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people.
Prior to founding NVIDIA, Huang worked at LSI Logic and Advanced Micro Devices. He holds a BSEE degree from Oregon State University and an MSEE degree from Stanford University.
Sam Altman is the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, the AI research and deployment company behind ChatGPT. Sam was president of the early-stage startup accelerator Y Combinator from 2014 to 2019. In 2015, Sam co-founded OpenAI as a nonprofit research lab with the mission to build general-purpose artificial intelligence that benefits all humanity.
Marc Andreessen is a cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He is an innovator and creator. He is also one of the few to pioneer a software category used by more than a billion people and one of the few to establish multiple billion-dollar companies.
Marc co-created the highly influential Mosaic internet browser while studying computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1994, he co-founded Netscape, which only four years later sold to AOL for $4.2 billion. In 1999, he co-founded Loudcloud, which as Opsware, sold to Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion. He later served on the board of Hewlett-Packard from 2008 to 2018.
Marc holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign.
Marc serves on the board of the following Andreessen Horowitz portfolio companies: Applied Intuition, Carta, Coinbase, Dialpad, Flow, Honor, Samsara and TipTop Labs. He is also on the board of Meta.
Matt Garman has served as CEO Amazon Web Services (AWS) since June 2024. Mr. Garman has been at Amazon since 2006 and helped launch the initial set of AWS services. He most recently served as Senior Vice President, AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services and has held a variety of leadership positions in AWS, including responsibility for product management, engineering, and operations for all compute and storage services at AWS. He has a BS and MS from Stanford University in Industrial Engineering and an MBA from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management.
Dr. Fei-Fei Li is the inaugural Sequoia Professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University, and a Founding Co-Director of Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute. She served as the Director of Stanford’s AI Lab from 2013 to 2018. Dr. Li was Vice President at Google and Chief Scientist of AI/ML at Google Cloud during her sabbatical from Stanford in 2017-2018. She has served as a Board member or advisor in various public or private companies, as well as the White House and United Nations. Dr. Li is currently the Co-founder/CEO of World Labs, a generative AI company focusing on Spatial Intelligence.
Dr. Fei-Fei Li obtained her B.A. degree in physics from Princeton in 1999 with High Honors, and her PhD degree in electrical engineering from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 2005. She has been recognized as Distinguished Alumni by both Princeton and Caltech in 2020 and 2024 respectively. She also holds Doctorate Degrees (Honorary) from Harvey Mudd College and Yale University.
Dr. Li is an elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). She is also a Fellow of ACM, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
Lip-Bu Tan is chief executive officer of Intel Corporation and serves on the company’s board of directors. He was appointed to his position in March 2025.
Tan is an accomplished executive with more than two decades of semiconductor and software experience and deep relationships across the technology ecosystem. He has received several accolades for his significant contributions to the industry, including the 2022 Robert N. Noyce Award, the Semiconductor Industry Association’s highest honor, and was named one of Forbes’ Top 50 Venture Capitalists.
Tan previously served as chief executive officer of Cadence Design Systems Inc. and was also a member of its board of directors. During his 12 years as Cadence’s chief executive officer, he led a reinvention of the company and drove a cultural transformation centered on customer-centric innovation that enabled Cadence to more than double its revenue, expand operating margins and significantly outperform the market.
Tan is a founding managing partner of Walden Catalyst Ventures and chairman of Walden International, a leading venture capital firm. He has also served on the boards of public companies Credo Technology Group and Schneider Electric.
Tan holds a Bachelor of Science in physics from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, a Master of Science in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of San Francisco.
Amin Vahdat is a Fellow and Chief Technologist for AI Infrastructure at Google, where his team is responsible for delivering industry-leading infrastructure which spans custom silicon, data centers, network, and supply chain and operations. This infrastructure serves Alphabet, Google and the world, and Artificial Intelligence technologies that empower ML developers and solve customers’ most pressing business challenges. In the past, he was Vice President and General Manager for Google's compute, storage, and network hardware and software infrastructure. Until 2019, he was the Technical Lead and Vice President for the Networking organization at Google.
Before joining Google, Amin was the Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego (UCSD). He received his doctorate from the University of California Berkeley in computer science, and is a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Amin has been recognized with a number of awards, including the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, the UC Berkeley Distinguished EECS Alumni Award, the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, the Association for Computing Machinery's SIGCOMM Networking Systems Award, and the Duke University David and Janet Vaughn Teaching Award.
Amin was awarded the SIGCOMM lifetime achievement award for his contributions to data center and wide area networks. He was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in 2023 for his contributions to the design and implementation of datacenter and planet-scale networks that power cloud computer systems.
Tareq Amin, a Jordanian-American technologist, has firmly established his mark in the fields of digital transformation and artificial intelligence, both regionally and internationally.
In May 2025, Tareq Amin was appointed Chief Executive Officer of HUMAIN, a full-stack AI company owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) and chaired by His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. Under his leadership, HUMAIN aims to become the region’s leading AI company, delivering AI-native platforms across four integrated layers: AI Infrastructure, AI Cloud, Data & Models, and Applications & Solutions.
Before joining HUMAIN, Amin served as CEO of Aramco Digital, where he led the new Aramco subsidiary in driving digital transformation and advancing strategic innovation across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Prior to that, he launched Rakuten Symphony in August 2021 under the Rakuten Group, aiming to converge IT and telecom networks. As CEO, he spearheaded Symphony’s entry into the mobile market and introduced a large-scale, automation-driven platform for telecom operators worldwide.
In 2022, Amin was also appointed as CEO of Rakuten Mobile to support the growth in Japan and synergize with the global business of the company.
Before 2018, Amin has served Reliance Jio as Senior VP of Technology Development and Automation where he effectively contributed to the transformation of the mobile industry in India. Over the previous year, Amin also served in telecom business as VP of Huawei’s Carrier Solutions and As Senior Director of National Planning & Performance at T-Mobile.
Amin holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Physics from Portland State University at Oregon.
Amin is a leading voice on the future of technology and a passionate advocate for the democratization of industry. He is committed to transforming how we work, innovate, and collaborate in the era of artificial intelligence.
Mike Krieger is the Chief Product Officer at Anthropic. Before that he was the Co-founder and CEO of Artifact, a tool for recommending news to readers (bought by Yahoo). He was also the Co-Founder & CEO of Instagram, the world's largest photo-sharing app, where he grew its reach to over 800 million monthly users, making it the fastest-growing app of all time. Kevin received his bachelor's degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University. He got his first taste of the startup world when he was chosen as one of twelve students to participate in the Mayfield Fellows Program at Stanford, which led to his internship at Odeo, the company that eventually gave rise to Twitter.
Kevin Weil is VP of OpenAI for Science, focused on building the next great scientific instrument: an AI-powered platform that accelerates scientific discovery. Previously, Kevin served as the Chief Product Officer at OpenAI, where he led the teams turning frontier models into products like ChatGPT, Codex, and the OpenAI API.
Before joining OpenAI, Kevin was the President, Product and Business at Planet Labs. He was previously the co-founder of the Libra cryptocurrency and VP of Product for Novi at Facebook, VP of Product at Instagram and SVP of Product at Twitter. Earlier in his career, Kevin held software engineering and data science roles at Cooliris, Tropos Networks, Microsoft Research and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
Kevin graduated summa cum laude in physics and mathematics from Harvard University and has an M.S. in physics from Stanford University. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and serves on the boards of Cisco and The Nature Conservancy. In his spare time, he is an avid ultramarathon runner, racing distances up to 100 miles.
Dylan Field is Figma's co-founder and has served as Chief Executive Officer, President, and a member of the Board of Directors since October 2012, and Chair of our Board of Directors since April 2025. Dylan attended Brown University for two and a half years before accepting a Thiel Fellowship to pursue entrepreneurial projects. He co-founded Figma in 2012, and led the company to launch its first public version of Figma Design in 2016. Dylan is also an angel investor.
Aaron Levie is Chief Executive Officer, Cofounder at Box, which he launched in 2005 with CFO and cofounder Dylan Smith. He is the visionary behind the Box product and platform strategy, incorporating the best of secure content collaboration with an intuitive user experience suited to the way people work today. Aaron leads the company in its mission to transform the way people and businesses work so they can achieve their greatest ambitions. He has served on the Board of Directors since April 2005.
Aaron attended the University of Southern California from 2003 to 2005 before leaving to found Box.
Anne Neuberger is an internationally recognized leader in cybersecurity, risk management, and emerging technology policy, with deep expertise developed through senior roles at the White House and National Security Agency. Her strategic acumen and crisis leadership, and collaborative approach with global partners have earned her a reputation for delivering impact in high-stakes environments. She is Senior Advisor at a16z, a Distinguished Fellow at Stanford University and the Royal United Services Institute and a strategic advisor at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
Ms. Neuberger served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor in the Biden Administration. In that role she had primary responsibility for national policy around cyber warfare, cybersecurity and emerging technologies, including quantum, spectrum and advanced telecommunications (5G/6G) and components of AI policy. She has built and led international coalitions to address transnational threats, most notably establishing the U.S. Counter-Ransomware Initiative, which now includes over 70 partner countries. She has extensive experience coordinating diplomatic, law enforcement, and industry efforts, translating complex technical challenges into actionable strategies and outcomes.
Prior to this role she served for over a decade at NSA and the Pentagon in senior roles where she was responsible for setting strategic direction and guiding execution of complex, global operations. She has led major organizational transformations, including the creation of NSA’s Cybersecurity Directorate (4,000 people), where she drove operational integration and public–private collaboration. At NSA, she was appointed the civilian deputy director of global intelligence operations (19,000 professionals) and director of the Cybersecurity Directorate. In 2013, she was appointed NSA’s first Chief Risk Officer, following sensitive media disclosures of NSA’s operations. In that role, Ms. Neuberger built NSA’s enterprise risk management program and guided the rebuilding of NSA’s private sector and foreign partner partnerships. She was awarded DoD and NSA’s highest civilian awards, as well as a Presidential Rank Award.
Prior to her government service, Ms. Neuberger held several positions related to technology and operations at a large financial services firm. Throughout her government and private sector roles she continued to devote significant effort to transformative non-profit projects.
Ms., Neuberger has an MBA and Master of International Affairs from Columbia University.
Brett McGurk has held senior national security appointments across the Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations. Most recently he was the White House Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa under President Biden, where he spearheaded negotiations on two ceasefire and hostage release deals in the Gaza conflict, leading to the release of nearly 150 hostages, and helped organize the defense of Israel against two of the largest ballistic missile attacks in history.
He was an architect of the India Middle East to Europe (IMEC) corridor concept and managed the deployment of advanced US technology in the Middle East consistent with national security priorities. He previously served as Special Presidential Envoy under Obama and Trump, leading the global campaign to defeat ISIS. McGurk is now a Special Advisor for International Affairs at Cisco, a partner at Lux Capital, and a senior advisor at Todal Partners. He is also Global Affairs Analyst for CNN and a Distinguished Fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center and the Atlantic Council.
He is finally authoring a book on presidential decision-making based on his first-hand experience serving the last four presents to be published by Crown.
As Executive Vice President and Chief People, Policy & Purpose Officer at Cisco, Francine Katsoudas brings together people and technology to drive positive impact for the company and global communities. Her work advances Cisco's Purpose to Power an Inclusive Future for All, and her leadership on critical policy and social issues has forged strategic public-private partnerships addressing some of the world's most pressing concerns.
In her role at Cisco, Fran leads a global team spanning People & Communities, Sustainability, Social Impact & Inclusion, Government Affairs & Policy, Workplace Resources, and Cisco's Digital Impact Office - all on a mission to put Cisco's Purpose into practice while driving growth for Cisco's business, people, and communities. During her 29 years at the company, Fran has led large-scale organizational transformations, cultivated new generations of leaders, and stewarded Cisco's renowned employee-first conscious culture.
Fran has supported underrepresented groups since her youth, and today focuses her advocacy on women's leadership, homeless youth, and narrowing the digital divide. Fran is also Cisco's executive country sponsor for Mexico, Poland, South Africa, and India. She has been recognized on the Forbes and Know Your Value 50 Over 50 list, honoring female leaders and entrepreneurs who are breaking new ground. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for ADP and is the Chair for Global Citizen. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Fran lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two children.
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Chuck Robbins is a seasoned technology executive and the innovative leader driving Cisco’s vision to securely connect everything to make anything possible. He was named Chief Executive Officer in July of 2015, before being elected Chair of the Board on December 11, 2017. During this time, Robbins has driven Cisco’s transformation to redefine the company’s strategic direction and reinforce its position as a global technology powerhouse.
For over 25 years at Cisco, Robbins has demonstrated a keen understanding of the rapidly evolving business landscape and the critical role of technology in addressing both customer and global challenges. The company's recent strategic shift has seen a renewed emphasis on software and services, cloud-native applications, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, sustainability, and the advancement of networking – further solidifying Cisco's relevance in the digital era.
His commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace has also played a key role in shaping Cisco's purpose to power an inclusive future for all. Robbins has championed initiatives across the company to enhance employee experience and culture, contributing to Cisco earning the top spot on World’s Best Workplaces, Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, People’s Companies that Care, and various other lists throughout his tenure.
Prior to becoming CEO, Robbins led Cisco’s global sales organization. He also held various leadership roles in regional sales, as well as Cisco’s partner organization, where he was instrumental in building one of the industry’s most robust partner programs.
Outside of his work at Cisco, Robbins is the current Chair of the Business Roundtable; on the Board of Directors for BlackRock; a Board of Trustees member for the Ford Foundation; Chairman Emeritus of the US-Japan Business Council; a Member of the International Business Council for the World Economic Forum; a Member of the American Heart Association’s CEO Roundtable; a member of the 2019 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and Vice Chair on the Corporate Fund Board for the Kennedy Center.
Beyond the boardroom, Robbins is also known for his passion for philanthropy and giving back, particularly in STEM, homelessness, and connecting the unconnected – all supporting his belief in the transformative power of technology. He also balances his professional responsibilities with a strong commitment to his personal life, whether spending quality time with his family, pursuing his love of the outdoors by fishing or golfing, or cheering on his Alma Mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics with a concentration in computer science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus in 2022. He also received an Honorary Doctorate from Georgia Tech University in December of 2023.
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Jeetu Patel is Cisco’s President & Chief Product Officer. He is focused on bringing the power of the Cisco portfolio together to connect and protect every aspect of customers’ businesses in the AI era.
Jeetu joined Cisco in 2020 as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Security and Collaboration where he reinvigorated organic innovation, championed key inorganic investments, and drove simplification across these multibillion-dollar portfolios with a fanatical focus on design and user experience positioning them for success and growth.
He has 20+ years of senior leadership experience driving product design, development, innovation, and business growth.
When intelligence stops being scarce, what breaks first: jobs, institutions, or geopolitics? And what gets rebuilt faster than anyone expects?
Sam Altman is the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, the AI research and deployment company behind ChatGPT. Sam was president of the early-stage startup accelerator Y Combinator from 2014 to 2019. In 2015, Sam co-founded OpenAI as a nonprofit research lab with the mission to build general-purpose artificial intelligence that benefits all humanity.
Jeetu Patel is Cisco’s President & Chief Product Officer. He is focused on bringing the power of the Cisco portfolio together to connect and protect every aspect of customers’ businesses in the AI era.
Jeetu joined Cisco in 2020 as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Security and Collaboration where he reinvigorated organic innovation, championed key inorganic investments, and drove simplification across these multibillion-dollar portfolios with a fanatical focus on design and user experience positioning them for success and growth.
He has 20+ years of senior leadership experience driving product design, development, innovation, and business growth.
AI’s next chapter won’t be decided by capability. It will be decided by trust. How can we ensure that AI values are indeed human values?
Dr. Fei-Fei Li is the inaugural Sequoia Professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University, and a Founding Co-Director of Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute. She served as the Director of Stanford’s AI Lab from 2013 to 2018. Dr. Li was Vice President at Google and Chief Scientist of AI/ML at Google Cloud during her sabbatical from Stanford in 2017-2018. She has served as a Board member or advisor in various public or private companies, as well as the White House and United Nations. Dr. Li is currently the Co-founder/CEO of World Labs, a generative AI company focusing on Spatial Intelligence.
Dr. Fei-Fei Li obtained her B.A. degree in physics from Princeton in 1999 with High Honors, and her PhD degree in electrical engineering from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 2005. She has been recognized as Distinguished Alumni by both Princeton and Caltech in 2020 and 2024 respectively. She also holds Doctorate Degrees (Honorary) from Harvey Mudd College and Yale University.
Dr. Li is an elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). She is also a Fellow of ACM, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
Jeetu Patel is Cisco’s President & Chief Product Officer. He is focused on bringing the power of the Cisco portfolio together to connect and protect every aspect of customers’ businesses in the AI era.
Jeetu joined Cisco in 2020 as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Security and Collaboration where he reinvigorated organic innovation, championed key inorganic investments, and drove simplification across these multibillion-dollar portfolios with a fanatical focus on design and user experience positioning them for success and growth.
He has 20+ years of senior leadership experience driving product design, development, innovation, and business growth.
From product to science, AI is moving from assistant to agent. What changes occur when systems act, experiments accelerate, and confidence becomes the hardest problem.
Mike Krieger is the Chief Product Officer at Anthropic. Before that he was the Co-founder and CEO of Artifact, a tool for recommending news to readers (bought by Yahoo). He was also the Co-Founder & CEO of Instagram, the world's largest photo-sharing app, where he grew its reach to over 800 million monthly users, making it the fastest-growing app of all time. Kevin received his bachelor's degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University. He got his first taste of the startup world when he was chosen as one of twelve students to participate in the Mayfield Fellows Program at Stanford, which led to his internship at Odeo, the company that eventually gave rise to Twitter.
Kevin Weil is VP of OpenAI for Science, focused on building the next great scientific instrument: an AI-powered platform that accelerates scientific discovery. Previously, Kevin served as the Chief Product Officer at OpenAI, where he led the teams turning frontier models into products like ChatGPT, Codex, and the OpenAI API.
Before joining OpenAI, Kevin was the President, Product and Business at Planet Labs. He was previously the co-founder of the Libra cryptocurrency and VP of Product for Novi at Facebook, VP of Product at Instagram and SVP of Product at Twitter. Earlier in his career, Kevin held software engineering and data science roles at Cooliris, Tropos Networks, Microsoft Research and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
Kevin graduated summa cum laude in physics and mathematics from Harvard University and has an M.S. in physics from Stanford University. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and serves on the boards of Cisco and The Nature Conservancy. In his spare time, he is an avid ultramarathon runner, racing distances up to 100 miles.
Jeetu Patel is Cisco’s President & Chief Product Officer. He is focused on bringing the power of the Cisco portfolio together to connect and protect every aspect of customers’ businesses in the AI era.
Jeetu joined Cisco in 2020 as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Security and Collaboration where he reinvigorated organic innovation, championed key inorganic investments, and drove simplification across these multibillion-dollar portfolios with a fanatical focus on design and user experience positioning them for success and growth.
He has 20+ years of senior leadership experience driving product design, development, innovation, and business growth.
When anyone can design and build instantly, execution stops being the moat. The real edge becomes taste, clarity, and knowing what not to make. This is the future of design.
Dylan Field is Figma's co-founder and has served as Chief Executive Officer, President, and a member of the Board of Directors since October 2012, and Chair of our Board of Directors since April 2025. Dylan attended Brown University for two and a half years before accepting a Thiel Fellowship to pursue entrepreneurial projects. He co-founded Figma in 2012, and led the company to launch its first public version of Figma Design in 2016. Dylan is also an angel investor.
Jeetu Patel is Cisco’s President & Chief Product Officer. He is focused on bringing the power of the Cisco portfolio together to connect and protect every aspect of customers’ businesses in the AI era.
Jeetu joined Cisco in 2020 as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Security and Collaboration where he reinvigorated organic innovation, championed key inorganic investments, and drove simplification across these multibillion-dollar portfolios with a fanatical focus on design and user experience positioning them for success and growth.
He has 20+ years of senior leadership experience driving product design, development, innovation, and business growth.
Ready or not, AI is already inside your workflows. The question is, are you gaining leverage, or quietly creating chaos at scale?
Aaron Levie is Chief Executive Officer, Cofounder at Box, which he launched in 2005 with CFO and cofounder Dylan Smith. He is the visionary behind the Box product and platform strategy, incorporating the best of secure content collaboration with an intuitive user experience suited to the way people work today. Aaron leads the company in its mission to transform the way people and businesses work so they can achieve their greatest ambitions. He has served on the Board of Directors since April 2005.
Aaron attended the University of Southern California from 2003 to 2005 before leaving to found Box.
Jeetu Patel is Cisco’s President & Chief Product Officer. He is focused on bringing the power of the Cisco portfolio together to connect and protect every aspect of customers’ businesses in the AI era.
Jeetu joined Cisco in 2020 as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Security and Collaboration where he reinvigorated organic innovation, championed key inorganic investments, and drove simplification across these multibillion-dollar portfolios with a fanatical focus on design and user experience positioning them for success and growth.
He has 20+ years of senior leadership experience driving product design, development, innovation, and business growth.
The pace of AI is accelerating, and what matters now is how that speed turns into advantage.
Tareq Amin, a Jordanian-American technologist, has firmly established his mark in the fields of digital transformation and artificial intelligence, both regionally and internationally.
In May 2025, Tareq Amin was appointed Chief Executive Officer of HUMAIN, a full-stack AI company owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) and chaired by His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. Under his leadership, HUMAIN aims to become the region’s leading AI company, delivering AI-native platforms across four integrated layers: AI Infrastructure, AI Cloud, Data & Models, and Applications & Solutions.
Before joining HUMAIN, Amin served as CEO of Aramco Digital, where he led the new Aramco subsidiary in driving digital transformation and advancing strategic innovation across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Prior to that, he launched Rakuten Symphony in August 2021 under the Rakuten Group, aiming to converge IT and telecom networks. As CEO, he spearheaded Symphony’s entry into the mobile market and introduced a large-scale, automation-driven platform for telecom operators worldwide.
In 2022, Amin was also appointed as CEO of Rakuten Mobile to support the growth in Japan and synergize with the global business of the company.
Before 2018, Amin has served Reliance Jio as Senior VP of Technology Development and Automation where he effectively contributed to the transformation of the mobile industry in India. Over the previous year, Amin also served in telecom business as VP of Huawei’s Carrier Solutions and As Senior Director of National Planning & Performance at T-Mobile.
Amin holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Physics from Portland State University at Oregon.
Amin is a leading voice on the future of technology and a passionate advocate for the democratization of industry. He is committed to transforming how we work, innovate, and collaborate in the era of artificial intelligence.
Chuck Robbins is a seasoned technology executive and the innovative leader driving Cisco’s vision to securely connect everything to make anything possible. He was named Chief Executive Officer in July of 2015, before being elected Chair of the Board on December 11, 2017. During this time, Robbins has driven Cisco’s transformation to redefine the company’s strategic direction and reinforce its position as a global technology powerhouse.
For over 25 years at Cisco, Robbins has demonstrated a keen understanding of the rapidly evolving business landscape and the critical role of technology in addressing both customer and global challenges. The company's recent strategic shift has seen a renewed emphasis on software and services, cloud-native applications, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, sustainability, and the advancement of networking – further solidifying Cisco's relevance in the digital era.
His commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace has also played a key role in shaping Cisco's purpose to power an inclusive future for all. Robbins has championed initiatives across the company to enhance employee experience and culture, contributing to Cisco earning the top spot on World’s Best Workplaces, Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, People’s Companies that Care, and various other lists throughout his tenure.
Prior to becoming CEO, Robbins led Cisco’s global sales organization. He also held various leadership roles in regional sales, as well as Cisco’s partner organization, where he was instrumental in building one of the industry’s most robust partner programs.
Outside of his work at Cisco, Robbins is the current Chair of the Business Roundtable; on the Board of Directors for BlackRock; a Board of Trustees member for the Ford Foundation; Chairman Emeritus of the US-Japan Business Council; a Member of the International Business Council for the World Economic Forum; a Member of the American Heart Association’s CEO Roundtable; a member of the 2019 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and Vice Chair on the Corporate Fund Board for the Kennedy Center.
Beyond the boardroom, Robbins is also known for his passion for philanthropy and giving back, particularly in STEM, homelessness, and connecting the unconnected – all supporting his belief in the transformative power of technology. He also balances his professional responsibilities with a strong commitment to his personal life, whether spending quality time with his family, pursuing his love of the outdoors by fishing or golfing, or cheering on his Alma Mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics with a concentration in computer science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus in 2022. He also received an Honorary Doctorate from Georgia Tech University in December of 2023.
AI is turning cloud platforms into the operating system of the global economy. This is a candid conversation on why scale, speed, and control are converging—and why the next generation of power will be provisioned, not installed.
Matt Garman has served as CEO Amazon Web Services (AWS) since June 2024. Mr. Garman has been at Amazon since 2006 and helped launch the initial set of AWS services. He most recently served as Senior Vice President, AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services and has held a variety of leadership positions in AWS, including responsibility for product management, engineering, and operations for all compute and storage services at AWS. He has a BS and MS from Stanford University in Industrial Engineering and an MBA from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management.
Jeetu Patel is Cisco’s President & Chief Product Officer. He is focused on bringing the power of the Cisco portfolio together to connect and protect every aspect of customers’ businesses in the AI era.
Jeetu joined Cisco in 2020 as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Security and Collaboration where he reinvigorated organic innovation, championed key inorganic investments, and drove simplification across these multibillion-dollar portfolios with a fanatical focus on design and user experience positioning them for success and growth.
He has 20+ years of senior leadership experience driving product design, development, innovation, and business growth.
National security is being reshaped by AI and cyber conflict is moving faster than institutions can adapt. What happens when AI transforms both offense and defense in a fragmenting world?
Brett McGurk has held senior national security appointments across the Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations. Most recently he was the White House Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa under President Biden, where he spearheaded negotiations on two ceasefire and hostage release deals in the Gaza conflict, leading to the release of nearly 150 hostages, and helped organize the defense of Israel against two of the largest ballistic missile attacks in history.
He was an architect of the India Middle East to Europe (IMEC) corridor concept and managed the deployment of advanced US technology in the Middle East consistent with national security priorities. He previously served as Special Presidential Envoy under Obama and Trump, leading the global campaign to defeat ISIS. McGurk is now a Special Advisor for International Affairs at Cisco, a partner at Lux Capital, and a senior advisor at Todal Partners. He is also Global Affairs Analyst for CNN and a Distinguished Fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center and the Atlantic Council.
He is finally authoring a book on presidential decision-making based on his first-hand experience serving the last four presents to be published by Crown.
Anne Neuberger is an internationally recognized leader in cybersecurity, risk management, and emerging technology policy, with deep expertise developed through senior roles at the White House and National Security Agency. Her strategic acumen and crisis leadership, and collaborative approach with global partners have earned her a reputation for delivering impact in high-stakes environments. She is Senior Advisor at a16z, a Distinguished Fellow at Stanford University and the Royal United Services Institute and a strategic advisor at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
Ms. Neuberger served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor in the Biden Administration. In that role she had primary responsibility for national policy around cyber warfare, cybersecurity and emerging technologies, including quantum, spectrum and advanced telecommunications (5G/6G) and components of AI policy. She has built and led international coalitions to address transnational threats, most notably establishing the U.S. Counter-Ransomware Initiative, which now includes over 70 partner countries. She has extensive experience coordinating diplomatic, law enforcement, and industry efforts, translating complex technical challenges into actionable strategies and outcomes.
Prior to this role she served for over a decade at NSA and the Pentagon in senior roles where she was responsible for setting strategic direction and guiding execution of complex, global operations. She has led major organizational transformations, including the creation of NSA’s Cybersecurity Directorate (4,000 people), where she drove operational integration and public–private collaboration. At NSA, she was appointed the civilian deputy director of global intelligence operations (19,000 professionals) and director of the Cybersecurity Directorate. In 2013, she was appointed NSA’s first Chief Risk Officer, following sensitive media disclosures of NSA’s operations. In that role, Ms. Neuberger built NSA’s enterprise risk management program and guided the rebuilding of NSA’s private sector and foreign partner partnerships. She was awarded DoD and NSA’s highest civilian awards, as well as a Presidential Rank Award.
Prior to her government service, Ms. Neuberger held several positions related to technology and operations at a large financial services firm. Throughout her government and private sector roles she continued to devote significant effort to transformative non-profit projects.
Ms., Neuberger has an MBA and Master of International Affairs from Columbia University.
Chuck Robbins is a seasoned technology executive and the innovative leader driving Cisco’s vision to securely connect everything to make anything possible. He was named Chief Executive Officer in July of 2015, before being elected Chair of the Board on December 11, 2017. During this time, Robbins has driven Cisco’s transformation to redefine the company’s strategic direction and reinforce its position as a global technology powerhouse.
For over 25 years at Cisco, Robbins has demonstrated a keen understanding of the rapidly evolving business landscape and the critical role of technology in addressing both customer and global challenges. The company's recent strategic shift has seen a renewed emphasis on software and services, cloud-native applications, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, sustainability, and the advancement of networking – further solidifying Cisco's relevance in the digital era.
His commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace has also played a key role in shaping Cisco's purpose to power an inclusive future for all. Robbins has championed initiatives across the company to enhance employee experience and culture, contributing to Cisco earning the top spot on World’s Best Workplaces, Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, People’s Companies that Care, and various other lists throughout his tenure.
Prior to becoming CEO, Robbins led Cisco’s global sales organization. He also held various leadership roles in regional sales, as well as Cisco’s partner organization, where he was instrumental in building one of the industry’s most robust partner programs.
Outside of his work at Cisco, Robbins is the current Chair of the Business Roundtable; on the Board of Directors for BlackRock; a Board of Trustees member for the Ford Foundation; Chairman Emeritus of the US-Japan Business Council; a Member of the International Business Council for the World Economic Forum; a Member of the American Heart Association’s CEO Roundtable; a member of the 2019 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and Vice Chair on the Corporate Fund Board for the Kennedy Center.
Beyond the boardroom, Robbins is also known for his passion for philanthropy and giving back, particularly in STEM, homelessness, and connecting the unconnected – all supporting his belief in the transformative power of technology. He also balances his professional responsibilities with a strong commitment to his personal life, whether spending quality time with his family, pursuing his love of the outdoors by fishing or golfing, or cheering on his Alma Mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics with a concentration in computer science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus in 2022. He also received an Honorary Doctorate from Georgia Tech University in December of 2023.
No buzzwords—just the power shift. Who wins when AI becomes leverage, and who gets erased by “good enough” intelligence at near-zero cost?
Marc Andreessen is a cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He is an innovator and creator. He is also one of the few to pioneer a software category used by more than a billion people and one of the few to establish multiple billion-dollar companies.
Marc co-created the highly influential Mosaic internet browser while studying computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1994, he co-founded Netscape, which only four years later sold to AOL for $4.2 billion. In 1999, he co-founded Loudcloud, which as Opsware, sold to Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion. He later served on the board of Hewlett-Packard from 2008 to 2018.
Marc holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign.
Marc serves on the board of the following Andreessen Horowitz portfolio companies: Applied Intuition, Carta, Coinbase, Dialpad, Flow, Honor, Samsara and TipTop Labs. He is also on the board of Meta.
Jeetu Patel is Cisco’s President & Chief Product Officer. He is focused on bringing the power of the Cisco portfolio together to connect and protect every aspect of customers’ businesses in the AI era.
Jeetu joined Cisco in 2020 as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Security and Collaboration where he reinvigorated organic innovation, championed key inorganic investments, and drove simplification across these multibillion-dollar portfolios with a fanatical focus on design and user experience positioning them for success and growth.
He has 20+ years of senior leadership experience driving product design, development, innovation, and business growth.
Every AI breakthrough rests on silicon that few truly control. This is an unfiltered conversation about why compute is the real bottleneck, how supply chains become strategy, and why the race for intelligence will be won—or lost—at the chip level.
Lip-Bu Tan is chief executive officer of Intel Corporation and serves on the company’s board of directors. He was appointed to his position in March 2025.
Tan is an accomplished executive with more than two decades of semiconductor and software experience and deep relationships across the technology ecosystem. He has received several accolades for his significant contributions to the industry, including the 2022 Robert N. Noyce Award, the Semiconductor Industry Association’s highest honor, and was named one of Forbes’ Top 50 Venture Capitalists.
Tan previously served as chief executive officer of Cadence Design Systems Inc. and was also a member of its board of directors. During his 12 years as Cadence’s chief executive officer, he led a reinvention of the company and drove a cultural transformation centered on customer-centric innovation that enabled Cadence to more than double its revenue, expand operating margins and significantly outperform the market.
Tan is a founding managing partner of Walden Catalyst Ventures and chairman of Walden International, a leading venture capital firm. He has also served on the boards of public companies Credo Technology Group and Schneider Electric.
Tan holds a Bachelor of Science in physics from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, a Master of Science in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of San Francisco.
Jeetu Patel is Cisco’s President & Chief Product Officer. He is focused on bringing the power of the Cisco portfolio together to connect and protect every aspect of customers’ businesses in the AI era.
Jeetu joined Cisco in 2020 as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Security and Collaboration where he reinvigorated organic innovation, championed key inorganic investments, and drove simplification across these multibillion-dollar portfolios with a fanatical focus on design and user experience positioning them for success and growth.
He has 20+ years of senior leadership experience driving product design, development, innovation, and business growth.
Models get headlines. Infrastructure decides winners. The essentials of compute, networks, and energy will be the enablers and choke points that define our AI economy.
Amin Vahdat is a Fellow and Chief Technologist for AI Infrastructure at Google, where his team is responsible for delivering industry-leading infrastructure which spans custom silicon, data centers, network, and supply chain and operations. This infrastructure serves Alphabet, Google and the world, and Artificial Intelligence technologies that empower ML developers and solve customers’ most pressing business challenges. In the past, he was Vice President and General Manager for Google's compute, storage, and network hardware and software infrastructure. Until 2019, he was the Technical Lead and Vice President for the Networking organization at Google.
Before joining Google, Amin was the Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego (UCSD). He received his doctorate from the University of California Berkeley in computer science, and is a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Amin has been recognized with a number of awards, including the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, the UC Berkeley Distinguished EECS Alumni Award, the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, the Association for Computing Machinery's SIGCOMM Networking Systems Award, and the Duke University David and Janet Vaughn Teaching Award.
Amin was awarded the SIGCOMM lifetime achievement award for his contributions to data center and wide area networks. He was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in 2023 for his contributions to the design and implementation of datacenter and planet-scale networks that power cloud computer systems.
Jeetu Patel is Cisco’s President & Chief Product Officer. He is focused on bringing the power of the Cisco portfolio together to connect and protect every aspect of customers’ businesses in the AI era.
Jeetu joined Cisco in 2020 as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Security and Collaboration where he reinvigorated organic innovation, championed key inorganic investments, and drove simplification across these multibillion-dollar portfolios with a fanatical focus on design and user experience positioning them for success and growth.
He has 20+ years of senior leadership experience driving product design, development, innovation, and business growth.
AI won’t be won by tools—it’ll be won by agency. As intelligence gets cheap, judgment becomes priceless, and the leaders who win will protect curiosity, reward smart risk, and empower the pioneers already reshaping work from the inside.
As Executive Vice President and Chief People, Policy & Purpose Officer at Cisco, Francine Katsoudas brings together people and technology to drive positive impact for the company and global communities. Her work advances Cisco's Purpose to Power an Inclusive Future for All, and her leadership on critical policy and social issues has forged strategic public-private partnerships addressing some of the world's most pressing concerns.
In her role at Cisco, Fran leads a global team spanning People & Communities, Sustainability, Social Impact & Inclusion, Government Affairs & Policy, Workplace Resources, and Cisco's Digital Impact Office - all on a mission to put Cisco's Purpose into practice while driving growth for Cisco's business, people, and communities. During her 29 years at the company, Fran has led large-scale organizational transformations, cultivated new generations of leaders, and stewarded Cisco's renowned employee-first conscious culture.
Fran has supported underrepresented groups since her youth, and today focuses her advocacy on women's leadership, homeless youth, and narrowing the digital divide. Fran is also Cisco's executive country sponsor for Mexico, Poland, South Africa, and India. She has been recognized on the Forbes and Know Your Value 50 Over 50 list, honoring female leaders and entrepreneurs who are breaking new ground. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for ADP and is the Chair for Global Citizen. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Fran lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two children.
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Chuck Robbins is a seasoned technology executive and the innovative leader driving Cisco’s vision to securely connect everything to make anything possible. He was named Chief Executive Officer in July of 2015, before being elected Chair of the Board on December 11, 2017. During this time, Robbins has driven Cisco’s transformation to redefine the company’s strategic direction and reinforce its position as a global technology powerhouse.
For over 25 years at Cisco, Robbins has demonstrated a keen understanding of the rapidly evolving business landscape and the critical role of technology in addressing both customer and global challenges. The company's recent strategic shift has seen a renewed emphasis on software and services, cloud-native applications, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, sustainability, and the advancement of networking – further solidifying Cisco's relevance in the digital era.
His commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace has also played a key role in shaping Cisco's purpose to power an inclusive future for all. Robbins has championed initiatives across the company to enhance employee experience and culture, contributing to Cisco earning the top spot on World’s Best Workplaces, Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, People’s Companies that Care, and various other lists throughout his tenure.
Prior to becoming CEO, Robbins led Cisco’s global sales organization. He also held various leadership roles in regional sales, as well as Cisco’s partner organization, where he was instrumental in building one of the industry’s most robust partner programs.
Outside of his work at Cisco, Robbins is the current Chair of the Business Roundtable; on the Board of Directors for BlackRock; a Board of Trustees member for the Ford Foundation; Chairman Emeritus of the US-Japan Business Council; a Member of the International Business Council for the World Economic Forum; a Member of the American Heart Association’s CEO Roundtable; a member of the 2019 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and Vice Chair on the Corporate Fund Board for the Kennedy Center.
Beyond the boardroom, Robbins is also known for his passion for philanthropy and giving back, particularly in STEM, homelessness, and connecting the unconnected – all supporting his belief in the transformative power of technology. He also balances his professional responsibilities with a strong commitment to his personal life, whether spending quality time with his family, pursuing his love of the outdoors by fishing or golfing, or cheering on his Alma Mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics with a concentration in computer science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus in 2022. He also received an Honorary Doctorate from Georgia Tech University in December of 2023.
Jeetu Patel is Cisco’s President & Chief Product Officer. He is focused on bringing the power of the Cisco portfolio together to connect and protect every aspect of customers’ businesses in the AI era.
Jeetu joined Cisco in 2020 as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Security and Collaboration where he reinvigorated organic innovation, championed key inorganic investments, and drove simplification across these multibillion-dollar portfolios with a fanatical focus on design and user experience positioning them for success and growth.
He has 20+ years of senior leadership experience driving product design, development, innovation, and business growth.
AI isn’t software alone—it’s manufactured. This is a blunt conversation about why GPUs became the world’s most strategic asset, how intelligence is now produced at industrial scale, and what happens when demand for compute outpaces everything else.
Jensen Huang founded NVIDIA in 1993 and has served since its inception as president, chief executive officer, and a member of the board of directors.
Since its founding, NVIDIA has pioneered accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, and ignited the era of modern AI. NVIDIA is now driving the platform shift of accelerated computing and generative AI, transforming the world's largest industries and profoundly impacting society.
Huang has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering and is a recipient of the Semiconductor Industry Association’s highest honor, the Robert N. Noyce Award; the IEEE Founder’s Medal; the Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award; and honorary doctorate degrees from Taiwan’s National Chiao Tung University, National Taiwan University, and Oregon State University. He has been named the world’s best CEO by Fortune, the Economist, and Brand Finance, as well as one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people.
Prior to founding NVIDIA, Huang worked at LSI Logic and Advanced Micro Devices. He holds a BSEE degree from Oregon State University and an MSEE degree from Stanford University.
Chuck Robbins is a seasoned technology executive and the innovative leader driving Cisco’s vision to securely connect everything to make anything possible. He was named Chief Executive Officer in July of 2015, before being elected Chair of the Board on December 11, 2017. During this time, Robbins has driven Cisco’s transformation to redefine the company’s strategic direction and reinforce its position as a global technology powerhouse.
For over 25 years at Cisco, Robbins has demonstrated a keen understanding of the rapidly evolving business landscape and the critical role of technology in addressing both customer and global challenges. The company's recent strategic shift has seen a renewed emphasis on software and services, cloud-native applications, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, sustainability, and the advancement of networking – further solidifying Cisco's relevance in the digital era.
His commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace has also played a key role in shaping Cisco's purpose to power an inclusive future for all. Robbins has championed initiatives across the company to enhance employee experience and culture, contributing to Cisco earning the top spot on World’s Best Workplaces, Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, People’s Companies that Care, and various other lists throughout his tenure.
Prior to becoming CEO, Robbins led Cisco’s global sales organization. He also held various leadership roles in regional sales, as well as Cisco’s partner organization, where he was instrumental in building one of the industry’s most robust partner programs.
Outside of his work at Cisco, Robbins is the current Chair of the Business Roundtable; on the Board of Directors for BlackRock; a Board of Trustees member for the Ford Foundation; Chairman Emeritus of the US-Japan Business Council; a Member of the International Business Council for the World Economic Forum; a Member of the American Heart Association’s CEO Roundtable; a member of the 2019 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and Vice Chair on the Corporate Fund Board for the Kennedy Center.
Beyond the boardroom, Robbins is also known for his passion for philanthropy and giving back, particularly in STEM, homelessness, and connecting the unconnected – all supporting his belief in the transformative power of technology. He also balances his professional responsibilities with a strong commitment to his personal life, whether spending quality time with his family, pursuing his love of the outdoors by fishing or golfing, or cheering on his Alma Mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics with a concentration in computer science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus in 2022. He also received an Honorary Doctorate from Georgia Tech University in December of 2023.