EXCLUSIVE: VeeCon 2024 Announces Danica Patrick, Jerome Bettis, Paul Scheer, Mike Posner, Liquid Death CEO Mike Cessario As New Speakers
By Benzinga
VeeCon will bring the best of business, pop culture and Web3 in a multi-day conference hosted by serial entrepreneur and VeeFriends founder Gary Vaynerchuk (aka Gary Vee) for a third straight year.
Here’s the latest on the event, including the newly announced speakers added to the star-studded lineup.
New Speakers: For VeeCon 2024, the speakers and topics are said to focus on five core themes: business, marketing, technology, innovation and popular culture.
Those topics are evident with the latest announced speakers listed below.
- Adam Richman: TV Host
- Ali Sabet: Artist
- Amber Venz Box: Internet Personality, Co-founder LTK
- Anwar Carrots: Founder Carrots by Anwar Carrots
- Chris Denson: Founder Visionology
- Codie Sanchez: Founder, CEO Contrarian Thinking
- Danica Patrick: Former Racecar Driver
- Destorm Power: Actor, Director, Musician, Comedian
- Emily Whittaker: EVP North America and Global Marketing VistaPrint
- Jerome Bettis: Former NFL Player, NFL Hall of Famer
- Keith Ferazzi: Founder, Chairman Ferazzi Greenlight
- Michael Jerome: Host, Personality, Creator
- Mike Cessario: Founder, CEO Liquid Death
- Mike Posner: Musician
- Paul Scheer: Actor, Comedian
- Peiman Raf: CEO, Co-founder Madhappy
- Resh Sidu: Global Director Arcadia Creative Studio, Snapchat (NYSE:SNAP)
- Roberto Nickson: Founder Nickson Labs
- Shira Lazar: TV Host, Interviewer
- Steve Kaczynski: Author
- Terry Tomonga: Founder, Co-founder 8ships & Sakazuki
- Valeria Lipovetsky: Content Creator, Founder Valeria Inc
The new batch of speakers joins previously announced names such as Howie Mandel, Ashley Graham, Clix and X CEO Linda Yaccarino.
VeeCon 2024 features executives and business leaders from several publicly traded companies including iHeartMedia Inc (NASDAQ:IHRT), Sanofi SA (NASDAQ:SNY), PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP), H&R Block Inc (NYSE:HRB), Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), Yum! Brands Inc (NYSE:YUM), DoorDash Inc (NASDAQ:DASH), and McDonald’s Corp (NYSE:MCD).
“I am thrilled to bring an incredible lineup of trailblazers and industry icons to Los Angeles for this year’s VeeCon,” Vee previously said.
In addition, award-winning musician T-Pain was recently announced as the headline performer. T-Pain will perform on Sunday, August 11 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. PT.
VeeCon 2024: After hosting VeeCon in the Midwest cities of Minneapolis and Indianapolis, VeeCon 2024 heads west to California.
VeeCon 2024 will be held in Los Angeles, California, at the L.A. Live Entertainment District, Aug. 9 – Aug. 11.
The event will be hosted by Vee and VeeFriends, the NFT collection and entertainment brand founded by Vee.
“With its world-class venues and accessibility, Los Angeles offers a dynamic environment for attendees to engage and connect with each other,” Vee said previously of the host city. “We’re incredibly excited to bring a one-of-a-kind experience to the city of L.A. and VeeCon attendees in 2024.”
Vee has previously said he was influenced by South by Southwest and smaller business conferences. The entrepreneur calls VeeCon a business conference layered with a lot of pop culture. Vee told Benzinga previously to think of VeeCon as “Young Davos meets SXSW.”
VeeCon Tickets: VeeCon 2024 tickets are now available with holders of VeeFriends Series 1 able to get free tickets to the event, with VeeCon being the first NFT-ticketed super conference. VeeFriends Series 1 NFTs have a current floor price of 0.68 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), or around $2,159.
For 2024, VeeCon is partnering with Layer-2 network Base by Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) to help streamline the ticketing experience.
VeeCon is also offering free personalized help for tickets with the VeeConcierge service.
Looking Back At VeeCon 2023: Benzinga attended VeeCon 2022 and VeeCon 2023 and was able to share videos and articles from many of the top speakers at the event.
Check out some of our coverage from VeeCon 2023 below:
Watch Benzinga’s exclusive interview with Gary Vee from VeeCon 2023 below:
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