This is a work in progress, but below I've listed fifteen individuals who I'd love to have a cup of tea with. If you have any introductions you can make or have stories to share, I would love to hear from you. I will continue updating this list with more information as this project evolves.

Richard Branson @richardbranson

Entrepreneur, adventurer, author, "Dr. Yes"

Jack Dorsey @jack

Founder of Twitter and Square, fellow midwestern native

Warren Buffett

"The Oracle of Omaha"

Seth Godin
Marketing guru, inspiring author, fellow blogger

UPDATE (11/5/2014) Got to meet Seth! Thank you @megancasey. Story to follow.

UPDATE (2/20/2013) Along with meeting Kevin Rose tonight, a mutual awesome friend, @megancasey, founder of Pack and co-founder of Squidoo may be able to help me with Seth.  Seth also founded Squidoo and the site is now among the top fifty trafficked sites in the U.S. Thanks Megan :)

Tim Ferriss @tferriss

Best-selling author, self quantifier, life hacker

Leo Babauta @zen_habits

UPDATE (5/23/2013) Had tea with Leo! Story coming soon.

Top blogger and expert on all things habits

 

Bill Gates @BillGates

Founder of Microsoft

Jay Z @S_C_

Twelve number one albums

Kevin Rose @kevinrose

Partner at Google Ventures, founder of digg
UPDATE (2/20/2013) Met Kevin Rose tonight at a Google Ventures live recording of "Foundation", a series where Kevin interviews founders. Kevin agreed to have tea with me after his wedding.  So excited!  Also, Kevin is good friends with Tim, maybe he can make an introduction.  

Sergey Bri

Founder of Google

Elon Musk @elonmusk

Founder of SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and PayPal

Paul McCartney @PaulMcCartney

Member of the greatest rock and roll band in history

Michael Jordan

Greatest NBA player to play the game

Bono

Lead singer of U2

Ai Weiwei @aiww

Brave Chinese artist

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