David Rogier is the founder of MasterClass, the streaming platform that has redefined online education by bringing the world's greatest minds directly to millions of learners worldwide. With more than 200 instructors—from Bob Iger and Serena Williams to Gordon Ramsay and Martin Scorsese—MasterClass has built an unmatched library of Emmy-nominated, Oscar-nominated, and James Beard Award-winning content. Named toFortune’s "40 Under 40" and recognized as one of Variety's Hollywood New Leaders, Rogier has raised over $500 million in venture capital to build MasterClass into a global brand.

When David Rogier takes the stage, he combines his experience as a high-stakes Silicon Valley CEO with a conversational, "behind-the-scenes" style. He is a popular keynote speaker for corporate leadership teams, entrepreneurs, and university audiences seeking to navigate the seismic shift of the AI revolution. His insights are battle-tested, leading MasterClass, the education redefining company, through an AI/digital transformation that delivered productivity gains of over 20%. David bridges the gap between abstract technology, creativity, and tactical strategy, showing audiences how AI empowers generalists to perform specialist-level work while reshaping the very nature of career development and education.

Takeaways for Your Event

- The AI Transformation Playbook: Strategies to achieve over 20% productivity gains while maintaining a premium brand

- The Barbell Effect: a clear, original framework for how AI reshapes talent markets, and how leaders can restructure hiring, development, and org design to stay on the right side of the shift.

- What I've Learned from 200+ of the Best in the World: David has sat across from legends in every field imaginable. What do they actually have in common? What do they know about excellence that the rest of us get wrong? A talk only he can give.

- Founder Resilience: Lessons on building a global brand in skeptical markets and succeeding with limited influence.

Growing up, David Rogier’s love of learning often clashed with traditional classroom structures. His determination to reinvent education and provide lifelong learning opportunities for everyone led to the creation of MasterClass in 2015.

Today, David’s influence now extends into the core of AI infrastructure. Beyond MasterClass, he invests in companies such as Metronome (acquired by Stripe for $1B), Weights & Biases (acquired by CoreWeave for $1.7B), and Lovable, one of world’s fastest-growing startups, giving him direct insight into the tools shaping the next decade of the industry. He not only speaks about the future of work but also actively funds and builds the platforms that will drive it. David received his BA from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.