Stephen Witt

Stephen Witt is an acclaimed author and television producer, renowned for his dedication to the history of artificial intelligence. In 2025, Stephen published The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia & The World’s Most Coveted Microchip, a title that has placed Stephen firmly on the bestsellers lists – including the FT Schroders Business Book of the Year. With detailed expertise in artificial intelligence and business, expertise that is frequently seen contributing to the New Yorker, Stephen Witt is now highly sought after as a keynote speaker for corporate events. 

Before reaching the height of success as an author, Stephen used his mathematics degree from the University of Chicago to play the stock market and manage hedge funds throughout Chicago and New York. After working in economic development, Stephen returned to education and completed studies at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. In 2015, Stephen published his first book, How Music Got Free: The Inventor, The Mogul & The Thief. In this title, Stephen expertly explored the history of digital music privacy, which earned him a place in the longlist for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year 2015, in the shortlist for the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize 2016 and as a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest. 

In 2025, Stephen released The Thinking Machine, which explored the history of the company Nvidia and its CEO, Jensen Huang. This title earned recognition as the Sunday Times and Financial Times Book of the Year 2025, and received glowing feedback of “Brilliantly captures the riveting, unlikely story of Jensen Huang’s Nvidia” by Ray Kurzweil. In addition to writing, Stephen is also an acclaimed executive television producer. He is best known for his work as an executive producer of Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6IX9INE and How Music Got Free, both of which are shown on Paramount+.

Now hired as a keynote speaker, Stephen Witt uses his practical, hands-on knowledge of business to engage audiences on what makes a business succeed. Having closely investigated the career of Jensen Huang, Stephen can expertly explain how Jensen’s strategies can be applied to any organisation or industry for transformative results. Having also analysed the impact of artificial intelligence on the music industry, Stephen can educate musicians, filmmakers and creatives of all kinds on the challenges of artificial intelligence. If you are looking for a clear and direct communicator for your next event, hire Stephen Witt as a speaker today.