Powerhouse Headliners
Bozoma Saint John & Dan Schulman
Get ready to be inspired, challenged, and future-proofed by two global changemakers who are redefining leadership in the age of AI, automation, and cultural transformation.
Meet the Visionaries Leading the Conversation
Get ready for moments that move you. This year’s BFUTR Main Stage features the bold voices and visionary minds of industry giants who’ve led global brands, broken barriers, and built movements. These aren’t just keynotes — they’re career-shifting conversations you won’t want to miss.
Former CEO, PayPal
Brand Marketing Executive
Meet the Powerhouses Leading the Conversation
Former CEO, PayPal
Dan Schulman
Former CEO of PayPal, Tech Leader, and Lead Director, Verizon and Lazard
Rewriting the Rules: Financial Inclusion in the New World of Work
Dan Schulman is a fintech visionary committed to leveraging technology for financial inclusion. With a career in leadership roles at PayPal, American Express, and Priceline, he has championed the democratization of financial services.
At PayPal, he led initiatives to expand digital payments access for underserved communities, prioritizing financial health. His leadership has garnered accolades like Fortune’s Top 20 Businesspersons of the Year and a position on Glassdoor’s Top 50 CEOs list. Outside work, Dan advocates for social impact as a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s Steering Committee on Financial Inclusion. A martial arts enthusiast, he brings discipline to all his endeavors.
In this keynote, he’ll explore how AI and automation are reshaping how we work, get paid, and build wealth—and what it will take to ensure no one is left behind.
What You'll Learn:
- How digital finance is transforming pay, savings, and wealth-building
- Why financial inclusion is key to a truly equitable workplace
- New models to support gig, contract, and tech-enabled workers
- How leadership must evolve to ensure fair access in the future of work
Key Insight:
Brand Marketing Executive
Bozoma Saint John
Trailblazing Brand Marketing Executive
Bold, Black & Future-Ready: Leading with Culture in the Age of AI
Bozoma “Boz” Saint John is a cultural icon and marketing executive. Her trailblazing career spans C-suites at Netflix, Uber, Apple Music, and PepsiCo, where she led with authenticity, storytelling, and cultural fluency.
In an exciting new chapter, Bozoma has taken her fierce personality and unmatched flair to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills as a full-time cast member and has launched Eve by Boz, a hair and hair care line created to revolutionize the hair extension industry with a unique approach that blends cultural authenticity and premium quality.
Whether at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference or shaping strategies for influential brands, Boz brings vision, charisma, and power. Her memoir, The Urgent Life, explores resilience, loss, and reinvention—a must-read for navigating life and leadership.
This is the keynote for anyone navigating leadership, storytelling, and visibility in the modern workplace.
What You'll Learn:
- How authenticity and cultural fluency fuel future-ready leadership
- Why Black professionals' creativity and intuition are irreplaceable in the AI age
- The evolution of personal branding in an automated world
- How to show up fully and lead with power—even when the system says otherwise