Serial Entrepreneur and Head of Niantic Labs
Niantic Labs 

Serial entrepreneur John Hanke currently heads up Niantic Labs, an internal startup at Google. Previously co-founder and CEO...

President & CEO
TripAdvisor

One of the reasons TripAdvisor President and CEO Steve Kaufer is so influential is that the company has acquired nearly 30 startups since 2006, shuttering some and growing others. Kaufer runs TripAdvisor as if it...

Founder (retired)
PhoCusWright 

Philip Wolf has been everywhere lately. The PhoCusWright founder is now retired from an executive role, but he says he’s “actively retired,” and...

Founder 
Atmosphere Research Group

Travel industry and consumer analyst, researcher and co-founder of Atmosphere Research Group, Henry Harteveldt is a travel industry thought leader, and companies of every stripe...

Managing Director of Travel
Google

“Don’t just experience your company in your role, but as a traveler.” This comes from Rob Torres, Google’s Managing Director of Travel,...

Chief Marketing Officer
TripAdvisor

TripAdvisor’s Chief Marketing Officer Barbara Messing may speak for a brand that speaks to over 200 million unique users in 21 languages every month, but...

Today, we’re launching Skift50, our new franchise focused on the top executives in the global travel industry. With each Skift50 list, we’ll highlight the people that are defining and innovating across various sectors and...