Mike Milken
A legendary financier and one of the most-popular speakers in America, Mike Milken is also widely honored for driving innovation in medical research and education. The Harvard Business Review's former editor credits him for "much of the economy's resilience." In an always-highly-rated and entertaining talk, Milken shows where recent financial markets went wrong and spells out a formula for sustained prosperity in the global economy.
Topics:
- Financial Markets /
- International Business /
- Medical Research /
- Philanthropy
Named one of the '75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century' by Esquire magazine, Michael Milken is in his fourth decade of driving social change. His career has mirrored his three main professional passions: medical research, education and finance. In each, he has been uniquely successful in creating value, whether measured in lives saved (Fortune magazine called him "The Man Who Changed Medicine"), students inspired or jobs created. Between 1969 and 1989, he financed more than 3,200 companies that collectively created millions of jobs. His philanthropy, which began in the 1970s and paralleled his business career, expanded in 1982 with the establishment of the Milken Family Foundation. He also heads the Prostate Cancer Foundation and FasterCures, a Washington-based think tank that removes barriers to progress against all life-threatening diseases. Mike joined leading physicians in launching the Melanoma Research Alliance to support work on fatal skin cancers. He is chairman of the widely respected and influential Milken Institute, an economic think tank whose annual Global Conference brings more than 3,000 leaders from more than 50 nations to Los Angeles each spring. Mike graduated from Berkeley with highest honors and earned his MBA at the Wharton School. He and his wife, Lori, were married in 1968 and have three children and six grandchildren.
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