Empire started in the music, television, film and theater industries and we are privileged to enjoy longstanding and productive relationships with many of the world’s best-known artists representing various forms of creative expression. The following lists include some of the top-tier talent that Empire has booked and presented:
SPEAKERS
- Abigail Trafford
- Akebono
- Al Gore
- Anderson Cooper
- Andre Agassi
- Apolo Anton Ohno
- Ban Ki-moon
- Barbara Bush
- Barbara Walters
- Barry MacCaffrey
- Beck Weathers
- Ben Stein
- Ben Stiller
- Bettina Gregory
- Bettina Warburg
- Bill Gates
- Bill Richardson
- Bill Walton
- Bob Costas
- Bob Rotella
- Bob Woodward
- Bono
- Brian Tracy
- Bruce Pfau
- Bud Greenspan
- Cal Ripkin, Jr.
- Candace
- Carpenter
- Captain Christopher
- Cassie Siefert
- Charles Plumb
- Chris Berman
- Chris Blackwell
- Chris Geczy
- Chuck McVinney
- Chuck Norris
- Clive Davis
- Clyde Fessler
- Colin Powell
- Condoleezza Rice
- Cousin Brucie
- (Bruce Morrow)
- Dallas Salisbury
- Darryl Conner
- David Breashears
- David Clark
- Dr. James Canton
- Dr. John Sullivan
- Dr. Ken Dychtwald
- Dr. Mehmet Oz
- Dr. Paul Farmer
- Dr. Sylvia Earle
- Dr. Tom Connellan
- Durwood Fincher
- Elon Musk
- Emmanuel Macron
- Emory Austin
- Eric Schlosser
- Eric Tyson
- Esther Dyson
- Fareed Zakaria
- Fran Drescher
- Fran Solomon
- Gayle King
- Gene Kranz
- George F. Will
- George Lucas
- George Tenet
- Gwyneth Paltrow
- Henry Kissinger
- Herman Cain
- Hilary Swank
- Hillary Clinton
- His Holiness XIV Dalai Lama
- Ian Bremmer
- Iman
- Jacinda Ardern
- James Baker III
- James Carville
- Jeane Kirkpatrick
- Jeff Greenfield
- Jeffrey Sachs
- Jim Belasco
- Jim Lovell
- Joan Lunden
- Joe Biden
- John Chambers
- John Cleese
- John Naisbitt
- John Sununu
- John Weiss
- Julia Roberts
- Karl Lagerfeld
- Karl Rove
- Karen Hughes
- Keira Knightly
- Kelly Clark
- Ken Porter
- Kevin Frieberg
- Krishna
- Ramaswamy
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- Larry Page
- Larry Winget
- Les Brown
- Linda Ellerbee
- Lisa Ling
- Lou Dobbs
- Maddy Dychtwald
- Madeleine Albright
- Magic Johnson
- Malcolm Gladwell
- Mario Cuomo
- Mark Burnett
- Mark Sanborn
- Mary Alice Williams
- Mary Matalin
- Matt Weinstein
- Melinda Gates
- Michael Bloomberg
- Michael Eisner
- Michael Eruzione
- Michael J. Wolf
- Michael Lewis
- Michael Malone
- Michelle Obama
- Mike Henkel
- Mike Singletary
- Moshe Milevsky
- Muhammad Yunus
- Narendra Modi
- Norman Schwarzkopf
- Nely Galan
- Oprah Winfrey
- Pat Croce
- Pat Riley
- Paul McCartney
- Paul Michael
- Glaser
- Paul Volcker
- Peggy Fleming
- Peter deLisser
- Peter Jennings
- Peter Vidmar
- President Barack
- Obama
- President Bill
- Clinton
- Pres. George HW
- Bush
- Ralph Lauren
- Reed Hundt
- Richard Branson
- Richard Clarke
- Richard Holbrook
- Rick Pitino
- Robert Herz
- Robert Redford
- Robert Swan
- Robert Urich
- Roger Dow
- Roger Ebert
- Robert Moore
- Ron Chernow
- Ron Howard
- Roy Firestone
- Rudy Giuliani
- Rupert Murdoch
- Russell Simmons
- Scott Kelly
- Sergey Brin
- Senator John Glenn
- Sharon Wood
- Stella McCartney
- Steve Kandarian
- Steve Squyres
- Steven Spielberg
- Terry Anderson
- Terry Bradshaw
- Tim Geithner
- Thomas Friedman
- Thomas Leary
- Thomas Morris
- Tim Russert
- Timothy 'Speed'
- Levitch
- Todd Skinner
- Tom Brokaw
- Tom Colicchio
- Tom Hanks
- Tom Seaver
- Tom Sullivan
- Tom Wolfe
- Tommy Franks
- Tommy Lasorda
- Tony Robbins
- Tristan Gale
- Walter Cronkite
- Walter Mossberg
- Wangari Matthai
- William Cohen