Evan Spiegel

Evan Spiegel is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Snap Inc. Spiegel graduated from Stanford University with a BS in Product Design.
Snap Inc. is a camera company and believes that reinventing the camera represents their greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Their products empower people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world and have fun together.

Erik Fernholm

29k is a non-profit organization driven by a simple idea: Personal growth has the power to change the world, and the tools for this should be available to everyone on the planet. We urgently have to move away from the ego-focused and short-term mindset, leaving us with lives lacking meaning, a mental illness epidemic and a broken planet. Instead move towards a new mindset based on compassion, courage, openness and wisdom. To drive this change at scale, two things needed to be solved; demonetize the best personal growth tools science has to offer, and make deep, meaningful human connection possible between strangers. Solving both of these, 29k has created the world’s first personal growth programs combining technology and psychology. Made available to everyone, anywhere, for free. 29k is co-created with researchers from Harvard University and the Karolinska Institute and initiated by the Norrsken and Ekskäret Foundation.

Emilia de Poret

Emilia de Poret isone of the leading figures of the Swedish fashion industry, where she is active as a journalist, TV personality, brand consultant and angel investor.

Emilia has a background in the music industry, with a 15-year career as a singer and songwriter, with top chart hits in Sweden and internationally.

She is the fashion expert for Swedish TV4, where she regularly comments on trends, fashion shows and industry news, as well as interviews designers. Emilia also is regular contributor to the Swedish edition of ELLE magazine.

Emilia is the co-founder of Säker Stil, Scandinavia’s largest fashion media platform, including a podcast with some 250,000 monthly listeners and 2 best-selling style guides.

In addition, Emilia is an active angel investor, with over 10 companies in her portfolio, where she actively contributes to brand-building and digital marketing strategy.

 

Edward Enninful

Edward Enninful took over as Editor-in-Chief of British Vogue in August 2017.

Prior to that Edward was Creative and Fashion Director of the American magazine W since 2011, where he worked with the world’s best fashion photographers to produce ground-breaking, highly admired work. His experience as a fashion editor dates back to 1991 when he was named Fashion Director of the avant-garde British title i-D at the age of 19, a position he held for more than 20 years. In the years between 1998 and 2011 he contributed extensively to American Vogue and Italian Vogue.

Born in Ghana 45 years ago, one of six children, Enninful was brought to London as a child and grew up in the city’s Ladbroke Grove area.  He became interested in fashion as a teenager when he was scouted as a fashion model. He displayed a talent for fashion styling which led the then Editor of I-D, Terry Jones, to appoint Enninful as the magazine’s fashion director, the youngest in the industry. He attended Goldsmith’s, University of London, well known for its art programmes, but left before graduation in order to plunge full-time into a fashion editing career.

In 2014 he was named fashion creator of the year by the British Fashion Council, he was honored with an OBE in 2016, and in 2018 he was awarded the Media Award by the Council of Fashion Designers America.

Dr. Mouna Esmaeilzadeh

Barely surviving a dramatic journey as refugee, she is recognized today as one of the most Powerful Profiles within MedTech in Sweden. Dr. Mouna (MD. PhD) is a medical doctor, neuroscientist, entrepreneur and TV personality who is on a mission to make science “sexy”. She has been a pioneer in the field of preventive and personalized medicine, and is the personal doctor to some of the world’s most famous business leaders, artists and royal families. Dr. Mouna is a thought leader and a leading authority within the field of longevity and the future of health.

In Sweden, she is a respected science communicator and a popular face on TV. She has her own show “Popular Science with Dr. Mouna” on Swedish morning TV, covering topics such as science, technology and the future of health. Additionally she has covered the Nobel Prize awards for the past years

In addition to her academic prowess, she flies airplanes and has sung with the great tenor Luciano Pavarotti.

Diane von Furstenberg

Diane von Furstenberg is a fashion designer and Founder and Chairman of the company that bears her name. In 1974, she created the iconic wrap dress, which became a symbol of power and independence for women all over the world. DVF is now a global luxury fashion brand celebrated for its effortless glamour, its distinctive vocabulary of print and color, and its powerful connection to generations of women.

Von Furstenberg’s commitment to empowering women is expressed not only through fashion, but also philanthropy and mentorship. In 2005, von Furstenberg received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the CFDA for her impact on fashion. One year later, she became CFDA’s President and, in 2015, was named Chairwoman.

She is committed to mentorship at both an individual and institutional level and has long been a champion of women. For more than a decade, she has served on the board of Vital Voices, an organization that supports female leaders and entrepreneurs around the world.

In 2010, with the Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation, she created the DVF Awards to honor and provide grants to extraordinary women who have displayed courage, strength and leadership in their commitment to their causes.

In 2014, she published a memoir, The Woman I Wanted To Be, which has been translated into six languages. In 2015, she was named one of the TIME 100 Most Influential People. In 2018, she received the CFDA Swarovski Award for Positive Change.

With her corporate headquarters in New York’s Meatpacking District, von Furstenberg has long been a vocal member of the community and was actively involved in the campaign to save the historic High Line railway and to develop The High Line into what it is today. She serves on the board of the Statue of Liberty–Ellis Island Foundation and is leading the effort to raise funds for the Foundation, which, in partnership with the National Park Service, will build the new Statue of Liberty Museum and continue the beautification of Liberty Island. She also serves on the board of the Shed, the new center for artistic and cultural innovation in New York City, and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.

Von Furstenberg is married to Barry Diller. She has two children, Alexander and Tatiana, and four grandchildren. With all of her successes, she happily maintains, “Children are my greatest creation.”

Dawn Ostroff

Dawn Ostroff is the Chief Content Officer at Spotify, the leading global music streaming service, joining the company in August 2018. As Chief Content Officer, Ostroff leads all aspects of content and distribution operations, including all original content, and industry and creator relationships globally. She oversees Music, Studios, which includes podcasts and video, Creator Marketplace, Content Marketing and Content Business & Strategy departments at Spotify.

Prior to her role at Spotify, Ostroff served as President of Condé Nast Entertainment (CNE), a studio and digital distribution network with entertainment content across film, television, premium digital video, social, and virtual reality. Ostroff helped found Conde Nast Entertainment in 2011.

Ostroff was previously the president of entertainment for The CW broadcast network – a joint venture of CBS and Warner Bros. that she helped found and launch in January 2006.  As president, she developed several groundbreaking hit series, including “Gossip Girl” and “The Vampire Diaries.”

From 2002 to 2006, Ostroff served as president of the UPN Network, a subsidiary of CBS, and before that, served as executive vice president of entertainment at Lifetime Television.

Darnell Strom

Darnell Strom is the Head of the newly-created Culture and Leadership Division at premiere entertainment agency United Talent Agency (UTA).  Strom represents and works with existing and new UTA clients who are well-positioned to expand their businesses and cultural influence at the intersection of entertainment, media, entrepreneurship, politics, the arts and thought leadership.  With his leadership and experience, UTA will continue to build robust and forward-thinking platforms for talent. He is elevating the power, brand and influence of the world’s most pioneering men, women, companies, movements and content.

Prior to UTA, Strom was an Agent at Creative Artists Agency (CAA).  At CAA, Strom developed relationships with prospective clients and helped build their strategy for developing a vibrant platform across television, speaking, books, motion picture, technology, podcasts, and digital. Strom also worked closely with top global brands to connect them with talent for personal appearances and marketing campaigns.

Cristina Stenbeck

Cristina Stenbeck has been an active leader within European tech for more than 15 years. She is the largest shareholder of one of Sweden‘s most prominent entrepreneurial investment groups, Kinnevik. She is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Zalando and Director of the Board of Omio, both based in Berlin. She also serves on the Board of Spotify. Cristina is just as comfortable in the corporate Board room as she is empowering founders in the earlier stages of business building as she is passionate about further fostering the next generation of successful entrepreneurs in Europe. She and her husband are raising their four daughters and son in Stockholm. So it should be no surprise that she spends significant time identifying and backing female founders for the long haul.

Charlotte Sundåker & Linda Waxin

Charlotte Sundåker and Linda Waxin are the founders of politically independent non-profit think tank Ownershift with the goal to notably increase the percentage of female ownership in a lifespan. Globally. Ownershift stands for powershift through ownership. The Ownershift mission is to give women more power over their life decisions, integrity, energy and creativity.

Charlottes day job; co-founder and CEO of planet-tech company Planethon that turns scientific insights into business opportunities. She is a board member at Swedish Film Institute. Sundåker is the former CEO of international digital education institution Hyper Island.

Linda’s day job; co-founder and CEO of talent-tech startup MatchingID building magic matching machines – digitalizing, streamlining and anonymizing talent sourcing. She previously founded online culture magazine Below Beneath. Waxin is the former CEO of Edelman Stockholm, Edelman being the largest PR-agency in the world.