CNBC ANNOUNCES SPEAKER LINEUP FOR DISRUPTOR 50 SUMMIT ON OCTOBER 21

October 11, 2021


CNBC to Host Virtual Event Featuring Founders and CEOs from the 2021 Disruptor 50 List

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., October 11, 2021 – CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, today announced the speaker lineup for the Disruptor 50 Summit, which will take place virtually on Thursday, October 21 at 2pm ET.

The Summit is powered by the CNBC Disruptor 50, an annual list of breakthrough venture-backed startups developing revolutionary new technology into scalable business models to build the next generation of great public companies. During the conference, audience members will hear directly from founders and CEOs of companies that made the 2021 Disruptor 50 list, along with other special guest speakers, and have opportunities to meet and mingle in a customized virtual experience.

CNBC Disruptor 50 Summit speakers include:

Donnel Baird, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BlocPower, Tom Cortese, Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer and Head of Product Development, Peloton, Sarah Guo, Partner, Greylock, Ravi Gupta, Partner, Sequoia Capital, Kevin Marchetti, Co-Executive Chairman, Lineage Logistics, Shivani Siroya, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TALA, Troy Swope, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Footprint, Vlad Tenev, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Robinhood

To learn more about the event and register to attend, please visit: https://www.cnbcevents.com/disruptor-50-summit/.

Follow @CNBCDisruptors on Twitter and Instagram, and join the conversation using hashtag #Disruptor50.

The Disruptor 50 Summit is sponsored by the New York Stock Exchange.

For more information about CNBC Events, attending, speaking or sponsoring, go to: www.cnbcevents.com.

About CNBC:

CNBC is the recognized world leader in business news, providing real-time financial market coverage, business content and general news consumed by more than 547 million people per month across all platforms. The network’s 15 live hours a day of news programming in North America (weekdays from 5:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. ET) is produced at CNBC’s global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and includes reports from CNBC News bureaus worldwide. CNBC at night features a mix of new reality programming, CNBC’s highly successful series produced exclusively for CNBC and a number of distinctive in-house documentaries.

CNBC also offers content through its vast portfolio of digital products such as: CNBC.com, which provides financial market news and information to CNBC’s investor audience; CNBC Make It, a digital destination focused on making you smarter about how you earn, save and spend your money; CNBC PRO, a premium service that provides in-depth access to Wall Street; a suite of CNBC mobile apps for iOS and Android devices; Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple Siri voice interfaces; and streaming services including Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Samsung Smart TVs. To learn more, visit https://www.cnbc.com/digital-products/.

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