Chris Anderson is Ted's president and head curator.

Trained as a journalist after graduating from Oxford University, Anderson launched more than 100 successful magazines and websites before turning his attention to TED, which he and his non-profit organization acquired in 2001.

His TED mantra 'ideas worth spreading' continues to blossom on an international scale. He lives in New York City.

David Gardner is an experienced writer and journalist, currently the US Correspondent for the London Evening Standard. He has worked for the Daily Mail as a crime writer and senior foreign correspondent, filing dispatches from Beirut and the first Gulf War - he was the first British print journalist into Baghdad - and later moved to California as the Mail's LA Correspondent.

He has written several books, including The Last of the Hitlers (2001), an account of how he discovered the descendants of the German dictator; and Legends: Murder, Lies and Cover-Ups (John Blake, 2016), which investigates some of the most famous celebrity deaths in recent history, including those of President John F. Kennedy and Diana, Princess of Wales.