Steve Faktor

Steve Faktor is CEO of IdeaFaktory and former head of the Chairman’s Innovation Fund at American Express. Steve is the futurist author of Econovation, and contributor to Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Business Insider and others. He is also a LinkedIn Influencer with over 800,000 followers.

Steve hosts The McFuture Podcast, a sharp, edgy exploration of the future of technology, economics and culture. It’s featured guests like Larry King, Governor Jesse Ventura, Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, comedian Jim Jefferies and multiple CEO’s. This season will feature monologues on topics to be featured his next book on why belief will be the only driver of success in our virtualized future.

Steve has been featured on MSNBC, Wall Street Journal, Inc., NPR, Bloomberg and many others. Steve is a top keynote speaker at major events for CFO Magazine, Harvard, PDMA, Frost & Sullivan, New Media Expo, and numerous corporate clients.