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Breaking Down Stereotype Boxes | Yobie Benjamin | TEDxSonomaCounty

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Yobie Benjamin shares the importance of not letting ourselves or our companies be defined by the boxes others have created for us through his powerful life journey from a political prisoner to a leading innovator and technologist. Yobie Benjamin is a successful entrepreneur, futurist, speaker, and an internationally recognized expert on unleashing innovation and creating hyper-growth. He was named a 2015 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum for his technology achievements and is an active member of the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network. Currently, Yobie serves as Innovation Fellow at 4iNNO, working on product innovation with multinational corporations. He is also the founder and CTO Emeritus of Token.io and a senior advisor to several startups in the technology, blockchain and synthetic biology space. Additionally, he is a member of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank Faster Payments Task Force. Yobie is the former Global Chief Technology Officer for Citibank and a former Partner and Chief of Global Strategy at EY. He is currently writing a book, Tribes of the Valley chronicling the different power tribes and groups in Silicon Valley. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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