Ian Bremmer
Founder & President, Eurasia Group & GZERO Media | NY Times Bestselling Author | UN AI Advisory Body Rapporteur | Professor, Columbia SIPA
Hubert Joly
Former Chairman & CEO of Best Buy | Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School | Bestselling Author of The Heart of Business | Thinkers50 Top Thinker
Hubert Joly led one of the most celebrated turnarounds in modern business, taking Best Buy from the brink of failure to renewed growth as its chairman and CEO. A champion of purposeful, people-first leadership, he is now a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and author of the bestseller The Heart of Business. On stage, he shows leaders how purpose and people drive lasting performance, and how to unleash what he calls human magic.
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Hubert Joly biography
Leadership speaker Hubert Joly is one of the most respected business leaders of his generation, best known for orchestrating the dramatic turnaround of Best Buy as its chairman and CEO. A champion of purposeful, people-first leadership, he is today a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and the author of the bestseller The Heart of Business.
When Joly took the helm of Best Buy in 2012, the retailer was widely expected to fail. Instead, he led one of the most celebrated turnarounds in modern business by pursuing a noble purpose, putting people at the center, creating conditions for every employee to thrive, and treating profit as an outcome rather than the goal. Perhaps his greatest achievement was making himself dispensable: he handed the reins to a new generation of leaders, naming Corie Barry as CEO and helping build a board with a majority of women and several directors of color.
From the C-Suite to the Classroom
Before Best Buy, Joly led turnarounds across industries, serving as CEO of Carlson, a senior executive at Vivendi, president of EDS France, and a partner at McKinsey. A graduate of HEC Paris and Sciences Po, he has been named one of the world’s top 100 CEOs by Harvard Business Review, one of the top 50 management thinkers by Thinkers50, and a recipient of the Thinkers50 Leadership Award. Today, in addition to teaching and co-leading executive programs at Harvard, he serves on the boards of Johnson & Johnson and S&P Global and as a trustee of the New York Public Library.
As a speaker, Hubert Joly makes a compelling, practical case for a more human and purposeful kind of leadership. Drawing on his own transformation from a hard-charging consultant to a leader who believes in unleashing “human magic,” he shows audiences how purpose, people, and performance reinforce one another. Senior leaders leave with a clear, hopeful blueprint for energizing their teams, reinventing their organizations, and redefining the role of business in society.
Hubert Joly Speaking Videos
Former Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly: Empowering Workers to Create ‘Magic’
Leading with purpose and humanity: A conversation with Hubert Joly
Hubert Joly Keynote Topics
Drawing on the Best Buy turnaround and his book The Heart of Business, Joly shares a practical philosophy for energizing people and organizations: pursue a noble purpose, put people at the center, and treat profit as an outcome rather than the goal. A blueprint for leading with purpose and humanity.
When Joly arrived in 2012, Best Buy was widely expected to fail. He tells the inside story of one of the era's most celebrated turnarounds, from stabilizing the business to reigniting growth, and the leadership choices that made it possible. Practical lessons for leaders facing disruption and doubt.
Joly makes the case that business can be a force for good and still outperform. He explores how aligning a company around purpose and all its stakeholders, not shareholders alone, builds resilience, trust, and long-term value in a changing world.
Joly shares his own evolution from a results-obsessed consultant to a leader who believes people are the heart of business. A candid, personal talk on humility, authenticity, and the mindset shifts that make leaders more effective and more human.
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FAQs on Booking Hubert Joly
Why Hubert Joly?
Booking Hubert Joly brings one of the world's most admired business leaders to your stage. As the chairman and CEO who led Best Buy's celebrated turnaround, he offers rare, firsthand authority on leading through crisis, energizing people, and building organizations that last. Recognized among the top 100 CEOs by Harvard Business Review and the top 50 management thinkers by Thinkers50, he now teaches the next generation of leaders at Harvard Business School. Joly speaks with warmth, candor, and conviction, leaving audiences with a clear and hopeful blueprint for purposeful leadership. For events on leadership, transformation, culture, and the future of business, few names carry his credibility. Aurum Speakers Bureau can help you bring Hubert Joly to your next event; complete our contact form to check his availability.
What is Hubert Joly known for?
Hubert Joly is best known for leading the dramatic turnaround of Best Buy as its chairman and CEO, taking the retailer from the brink of failure to renewed growth between 2012 and 2019. He is celebrated for a purposeful, people-first leadership philosophy and is the author of the bestselling book The Heart of Business. Today he is a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and serves on the boards of Johnson & Johnson and S&P Global.
What is The Heart of Business about?
The Heart of Business: Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism distills the philosophy behind the Best Buy turnaround. Joly argues that great companies pursue a noble purpose, put people at the center, and treat profit as an outcome rather than the goal. The book is a practical guide for leaders who want to abandon outdated paradigms and lead with purpose and humanity, while reimagining the role of business in society.
What topics does Hubert Joly speak about?
As a speaker, Hubert Joly addresses purposeful leadership, business turnarounds, corporate culture, and the reinvention of capitalism around purpose and people. He blends the inside story of Best Buy with practical frameworks leaders can apply to their own organizations. To invite Hubert Joly to speak at your event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau through our booking form.
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