Keynote Speakers
Sir Richard Branson
www.virgin.com
Twitter: richardbranson
Biography
Sir Richard Branson is the founder and president of Virgin Group. In 1970, Richard founded Virgin as a mail-order record retailer. Not long after he opened a record shop in Oxford Street, London. The equity of Virgin Music Group—record labels, music publishing and recording studios—was sold to THORN EMI in 1992 in a US$1 billion deal. Since then, Virgin has become one of the world's most recognized and respected brands. Virgin has expanded into aviation, hospitality and leisure, telecommunications, financial services, health and wellness, and clean energy industries through more than 200 companies worldwide, employing approximately 50,000 people in 29 countries.
Companies like Virgin Atlantic, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, and the newest airlines, Virgin America and VAustralia, are shaking up the travel industry. Meanwhile, Virgin HealthMiles, Virgin Money, Virgin Mobile and other Virgin-branded companies continue to offer exceptional customer service and value.
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Guy Kawasaki
www.guykawasaki.com
Why We Chose this Speaker
The 2010 EO California University Learning Chair, Jason Neidle, sums it up with: "Guy was Apple's first evangelist!"
Keynote Session: "Create like a God, Command Like a King, Work Like a Slave. The Art of Innovation"
Biography 
Guy Kawasaki is a founding partner and entrepreneur-in-residence at Garage Technology Ventures. He is also the co-founder of Alltop.com, an “online magazine rack” of popular topics on the Web. Previously, Guy was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. He is the author of nine books, including Reality Check, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream and The Macintosh Way. Guy has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA, as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College.
Tal Ben-Shahar
Why We Chose this Speaker
EO California University Chair, Stacie Shonfeld, an attendee of more than 15 EO and YPO Universities, said, "Are you searching for happiness? I've heard hundreds of speakers and Tal Ben-Shahar stood out to me as a 'must-have' game-changer. He's amazing, and he'll change your life!"
Keynote Session: "The Question of Happiness: On Finding Meaning, Pleasure and the Ultimate Currency”
Positive Psychology, "the scientific study of optimal human functioning," provides practical tools for better living. This new subfield within psychology is unique in that it creates a bridge between the Ivory Tower and Main Street, making rigorous academic ideas easily accessible. In this session, Tal Ben-Shahar discusses current research related to the science of happiness and introduces ideas and tools that can actually make you happier.
Biography 
Tal Ben-Shahar is an author and lecturer who taught the most popular course at Harvard University, "Positive Psychology," and the university's third most popular course, "The Psychology of Leadership." Combined, the classes held more than 1,400 students.
Ben-Shahar consults and lectures around the world to executives in multi-national corporations, the general public and at-risk populations. Topics include leadership, ethics, happiness, self-esteem, resilience, goal setting and mindfulness.
He is the author of The Pursuit of Perfect: How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Start Living a Richer, Happier Life and Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment. An avid sportsman, Ben-Shahar won the U.S. Intercollegiate and Israeli National squash championships. He earned his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and his B.A. in Philosophy and Psychology from Harvard.
Andrew J. Sherman
www.JonesDay.com
Biography
Andrew J. Sherman joined Dickstein Shapiro, LLP, as a partner in the corporate and finance practice in 2005, where he manages a significant corporate and transactional practice representing Fortune-500 corporations, as well as entrepreneurs, emerging-growth companies and government contractors. Andrew has written and lectured extensively on intellectual property protection and leveraging. He is also the founder of Grow Fast Grow Right, an education and training company for executives of middle-market companies.
Andrew’s practice involves general corporate law, franchising, emerging business, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property transactions and capital formation. He has served as securities counsel on a wide variety of private and public offerings, and as transactional counsel to both buyers and sellers in mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, leveraged buy-outs, acquisitions of and reorganizations for Chapter 11 companies, and management buy-outs.
Andrew is the author of 13 books on the legal and strategic aspects of business growth, franchising, capital formation and the leveraging of intellectual property. He also has written many articles on similar topics for a variety of trade and business publications. Andrew serves as an adjunct professor in the University of Maryland’s Masters of Business Administration program (M.B.A.) and in Georgetown University’s M.B.A. program.