World-renowned trumpeter, composer, and managing & artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Wynton Marsalis is a nine-time Grammy award winner who also received the Pulitzer Prize for his work. In 2001, he was appointed Messenger of Peace by the United Nations.
Michael Towbes, engineer, developer, and bank chairman, speaks to impactmania on why he doesn’t give anonymously, shares his advice for entrepreneurs, and talks about one of the people who left an imprint on his professional DNA.
Tim Johnson went from a Defensive Lineman in the NFL, winning Super Bowl XXVI, to a pastor helping people get on a path back to self-sufficiency. He's bringing together 120-plus organizations serving thousands of people.
Amir Abo-Shaeer, Founder of Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy and the first high school MacArthur Fellow teacher, discusses how DPEA prepares students for careers that don't exist today.
NK Chaudhary (NKC) started Jaipur Rugs almost 40 years ago with 9 weavers working on two looms from his home. Today, it is an international company working with 40,000 artisans across 700 villages in India.
Originally competitors, Mikael (Micke) Bergström (founder of an advertising agency) and Jesper Johansson (startup advisor for the last 14 years), decided to collaborate to build Great Sp^ce of Sweden, a space to seed fertile grounds for startups.
Trumpet maker Van Laar has no desire in scaling up his business; he's perfectly content making some of the most sought after trumpets in the world and continually working to improve what he has.