Jay Herratti is the CEO of TED, a conference and media organization with a mission to discover and spread ideas. He oversees TED's efforts to curate hundreds of TED Talks and publish them through video, animations and podcasts. He and his team also work to advance TED's impact on the world: TEDx events bring people together to share ideas in more than 2,000 communities, TED's Audacious Project has helped catalyze more than three billion dollars in funding for impact projects and the TED Countdown initiative works to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis. He joined TED in 2014, serving as executive director of TEDx until 2021.
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Jay Herratti is the CEO of TED, a conference and media organization with a mission to discover and spread ideas. He oversees TED's efforts to curate hundreds of TED Talks and publish them through video, animations and podcasts. He and his team also work to advance TED's impact on the world: TEDx events bring people together to share ideas in more than 2,000 communities, TED's Audacious Project has helped catalyze more than three billion dollars in funding for impact projects and the TED Countdown initiative works to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis. He joined TED in 2014, serving as executive director of TEDx until 2021.
Jay Herratti’s TED Talk
Chris Anderson, Jay Herratti, Anna Verghese
A bold new chapter for TED
57 minutes 9 secondsChris Anderson, head of TED, has some big news to share: after 25 years of leading the organization, he's issuing an open invitation to pass on its stewardship to someone new. It could be anyone. Maybe you? In conversation with Jay Herratti (CEO of TED) and Anna Verghese (executive director of The Audacious Project), Anderson shares the big idea that's driven this decision — and why he's convinced it will open the door to a truly exciting future for TED.Posted Feb 2025
