Adam Mendler

Adam Mendler is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, writer, educator, and nationally recognized authority on leadership.

Mendler is the creator and host of the top-rated business and leadership podcast Thirty Minute Mentors, where he regularly elicits insights from America's top CEOs, founders, athletes, celebrities, and political and military leaders. He has interviewed more than 500 of America’s most successful leaders and has written extensively on business and leadership, having authored more than 70 articles published in major media outlets including Forbes, Inc., and HuffPost. Mendler has founded and co-founded numerous businesses across a variety of industries and has extensive experience leading people and teams in business and outside of the workplace.

Mendler draws upon his unique personal and professional experience, including his time spent interviewing hundreds of America's top leaders, to deliver perspective-shifting insights as a keynote speaker to businesses, universities, and non-profit organizations. Mendler also teaches graduate-level courses on leadership at UCLA, serves on the board of UCLA’s Master of Applied Statistics & Data Science program, is an emeritus member of USC’s Board of Governors, and is an advisor to numerous companies and leaders.

Mendler previously worked for D.E. Shaw & Co., then the largest hedge fund in the world; for Credit Suisse, then a Fortune Global 150 company; for the strategic planning groups at William Morris Endeavor and Universal Pictures; at TWC Sports Management, a leading sports agency; and on a successful presidential primary campaign.

Mendler graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Southern California, earning a B.S. in Business Administration and a B.A. in Political Science, and earned an M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where he received the UCLA Anderson Fellowship Award.

A Los Angeles native, Mendler is a lifelong Angels fan and an avid backgammon player.