Top 17 Business Influencers and Thought Leaders

Brands looking for content creators on particular business topics can tap into a wealth of industry experts to share information, offer guidance, and inspire innovation. These business influencers and thought leaders have established themselves as true authorities in their respective niches, often shaping the industry’s future with their unique and informed opinions, reports, and messages.

Connect with these top business influencers and thought leaders

Don Dago

Real estate agent and mid-tier TikTok influencer Don uses his platform to help buyers build equity by purchasing properties. He offers money-saving tips on essential topics for novice homebuyers, such as three red flags when buying a house and definitions for real estate terminology, such as this video answering a follower’s question about what a seller credit is.

Steve Peterson

A respected thought leader in the travel and transportation industry, Steve served as a strategy consultant, with much of his work focusing on the service of large passenger airlines. He recently obtained the IBM Industry Diamond certification and launched a new study about enterprise resource planning in the eco-conscious organization.

Candy Valentino

With 140K followers on Instagram, tax and wealth advisory expert and best-selling author Candy has accrued a following thanks to her straightforward tips and hard-won experience. Follow her online to watch videos about unlocking opportunities in a recession or how to keep more of your money with the principal gains exclusion.

Keith Rosen

Billed as the No. 1 thought leader on coaching, Keith’s focus is on transforming managers into world-class leaders and coaches. On Twitter, where he has 77.6K followers, Rosen shares questions to uncover people’s motivations and values, tips to eliminate interruptions, accountability, and industry events, like this live seminar on “How Sales Managers Coach Remote Teams Into Sales Champions.”

Dr. Michael Steiner

On TikTok, leadership coach Dr. Michael Steiner regularly shares a variety of clips on topics like making good decisions, persuading people, and helping your team overcome imposter syndrome. As a mid-tier influencer, he has amassed followers with his coverage of artificial intelligence, habits of highly creative leaders, and book recommendations.

Sherry Jones

Named one of the “10 Cybersecurity Ghostwriters to Watch,” Sherry Jones specializes in writing about technology and cybersecurity. Her LinkedIn followers can learn about making generative AI safer, the shortage of cybersecurity professionals, and threat detection intelligence and response.

Meryl Evans

In addition to being a top voice for disability advocacy on LinkedIn, Meryl is a sought-after public speaker, accessibility marketing consultant and trainer, and author. She is a thought leader on training, diversity, and inclusion and posts about common myths about deaf and hard-of-hearing people regarding accessibility, accessibility tools, and how to be a disability ally.

Eric Depew

Specializing in helping hospitals and healthcare systems’ revenue cycle management divisions become more profitable, Eric uses his LinkedIn platform to share his thoughts and insightful articles about the healthcare industry. From innovations that provide value and better patient outcomes to sustainable pricing models and areas of opportunities for hospital and health system growth, his followers have grown to trust his insights.

Michael Humblet

Having helped over 1,000 businesses to scale, including his own, Michael is a leader in designing, building, and scaling sales machines, as well as training sales teams. On YouTube, the nano-influencer features guests and offers tips on building a sales culture, dark sales traffic, how to implement short-form videos to scale your business, and how to create authentic trust, among other advice.

Brian Tracy

Boasting the ranking of the most listened-to audio author on personal and business success in the world today, Brian Tracy has accumulated 1.48M subscribers on YouTube. He talks about leadership, sales, managerial effectiveness, and business strategy, with videos on everything from overcoming self-sabotage and how to be a team player to risk-taking and improving your presentation skills.

Annemarie Fowler

As a communication expert, Annemarie helps non-native English speakers gain fluency in not only the language but also confidence in their communication skills in the workplace. Her 641K subscribers can learn more about career-related communication tips and phrasing in English, including how to invite collaboration, give great feedback, and successfully negotiate.

Jenny Rearick

Fitness, sports, and health professionals who want to learn to speak so people will listen turn to Jenny of Fit to Speak. The communication and presentation skills specialist is a nano-influencer on Instagram, where she offers advice on topics such as how to measure the effectiveness of your communication and group management skills, eliciting emotion in your voice to keep your audience engaged, and four phrases that improve your communication.

Jake Dunlap

Jake Dunlap is a recognized sales leader and B2B sales and marketing thought leader specializing in helping executives accelerate business growth with data-backed sales solutions and a sustainable customer framework. His 6.26K YouTube followers can learn how to elevate their sales pitch using artificial intelligence, create an engaging customer experience, keep their sales team thriving in a downturn, and revamp their RevOps strategy.

Dr. Idrees Mughal

Known as Dr. Idz by his 1.7M TikTok followers, Idrees is a British doctor with a master’s in nutritional research who battles medical misinformation online. His video clips cover topics like artificial sweeteners, dangerous medical advice, and lies the health industry is selling, among others. 

Robert Goldberg

For those looking for insights from a business attorney, Robert Goldberg probably has a video of interest. His TikTok account has amassed 130.8K followers, thanks to his incredibly helpful clips on subjects such as top LLC mistakes, things to consider when trademarking, and changing from an LLC to a corporation.

Brittany Willis  

After more than a decade of Fortune 500 experience, including managing major corporate accounts for retailers like Walmart and Amazon, Brittany Willis now serves as a consultant to help other entrepreneurs and companies. Her Instagram channel now features advice on business-related topics such as the four types of insurance policies a small business needs, managing burnout, navigating a multigenerational workforce, and how to balance a career and franchise business ownership.

Dr. Khulood Al-Mani

Named one of 2022’s “50 Most Powerful AI Influencers,” Dr. Khulood Al-Mani keeps her 57.9K Twitter followers up to date on technology by posting about jetpack deliveries, robots in the food industry, cloud computing, machine learning, and big data. She’s received countless global honors and recognitions and was ranked first in the world among the 32 most important global figures in IT and AI at the Mobile World Congress 2022.

Katie Welch

Katie, with an impressive track record spanning over two decades, holds the position of Chief Marketing Officer at Rare Beauty. Her remarkable ability to blend creativity and storytelling has been pivotal in her marketing career, giving her a unique edge in the industry. Katie’s inventive ideas have made significant impacts during her tenure at leading beauty companies such as Unilever, Burt’s Bees, Elemis, Bliss, and Hourglass. Katie shares updates with her followers on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter. On TikTok, she shares behind-the-scenes looks at her job at Rare Beauty.