#346 Gary Shapiro, President & CEO of the Consumer Technology Association
Gary Shapiro is the president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association. He also an author CTA\u2019s New York Times bestsellers \u201cNinja Innovation: The Ten Killer Strategies of the World\u2019s Most Successful Businesses\u201d (Harper Collins, 2013) and \u201cThe Comeback: How Innovation will Restore the American Dream\u201d (Beaufort, 2011). He is a frequent guest MSNBC, FOXNEWS, CNN, and with many editorials in publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Washington Post. \xa0 The Consumer Technology Association is a trade association for over 2,200 companies within the consumer technology industry. They produce CES (Consumer Electronics Show) with more than 3,200 exhibitors, including manufacturers, developers and suppliers of consumer technology hardware, content, technology delivery systems and more; a conference program with more than 300 sessions; and more than 150,000 attendees from more than 150 countries.