TED speakers

TED conferences are about sharing ideas worth spreading. This is a selection of speakers who have delivered impactful talks on the TED stage.

Explorer, balloonist and President of the Solar Impulse Project

Professor of finance at London Business School

Former Prime Minister of Greece

Profoundly deaf World renowned solo percussionist – fascinating

A foremost expert on the impact of climate change on economics, Nicholas Stern was the World Bank’s Chief Economist for three years

Digital and future thinker – go-getting go-to advisor – grows companies

One of the world’s most influential thinkers

Norman Foster is one of the most important architects practising in the world today

An academic and TV historian with a flair for popular history

Founder of the One Laptop Per Child Association, which provides children in developing countries with educational devices