EXTREME PREPARATION

Helping Organizations Everywhere Reach Incredible Results, Faster

In this powerful, unforgettable, and actionable keynote, examine the core mindsets and tactics of extreme preparation as well as the techniques necessary to master these skills. The result?.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Mastering Networking, Leadership, and Philanthropy

Learn how to network effectively, lead with purpose, overcome adversity, and transform ideas into successful ventures. Gain insights into integrating philanthropy into your life and business for long-term impact.

AUDIENCE TAKEWAYS

Practical Strategies for Success

Walk away with actionable strategies for networking, leadership, entrepreneurship, resilience, and philanthropy. Equip yourself with practical tools and knowledge to apply immediately in your professional and personal life.

Randall is a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcast host, motivational speaker, coach, patent holder, and best-selling author. Randall is a Co-Founder of Akamai Technologies, a content delivery and security software company that serves nearly 30% of the world’s web traffic, is a member of the S&P 500, employs over 10,000 people, and earned $4.1 billion in 2024 revenues.

Randall is also the founder and CEO of JUMP Investors, a venture capital firm that also functions as his family office. Since its formation in 1999, JUMP has invested in more than 90 early-to-late-stage technology companies including Google, Seagate, and Lyft. JUMP is also an active investor in real estate, private equity, hedge funds, and public equities.

Randall is also the Founder and CEO of Sandee, the largest, most comprehensive, and most trusted website for beaches around the world – more than 140,000 beaches in 212 countries; the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Thrive Properties, a real estate investment firm specializing in the ownership, management, leasing, and redevelopment of properties in primary markets throughout the United States; the owner and CEO of CollarCard, LLC, a promotional products company that makes patented men’s collar stays that are sold throughout the world; and the host of the Top 10 podcast In Search of Excellence which is designed to motivate, inspire, and help people of all ages reach their potential on both a professional and personal level.

Over the past 25 years, Randall has been an advisor to more than 60 companies, has served on the board of directors of many companies, has been an active public speaker, and has mentored more than 500 students through JUMP’s annual summer internship program.

Before co-founding Akamai, Randall served as Managing Director / Assistant to the Chairman at SunAmerica where he worked closely with its founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Eli Broad on both mergers and acquisitions and on special projects prior to SunAmerica’s sale to AIG for $18 billion. Prior to SunAmerica, Randall practiced corporate, securities, and tax law for several years.

Randall graduated in the top one percent in his class from the University of Michigan with Highest Distinction and was only one of 10 students selected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year, and Randall also graduated from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law with honors. Randall has served on the board of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law for 25 years, and previously served on the Dean’s Advisory Committee at the University of Michigan for 18 years.

Randall also has a passion for helping others. In 1996, at the age of 27, Randall started The Justice Ball, a charity concert that several years after its formation became one of the country’s largest under-40 fundraisers and also one of the leading philanthropic events in Los Angeles. During the past 25 years, Billy Idol, Berlin, The B-52’s, and other leading acts have performed at The Justice Ball, helping it attract more than 30,000 attendees and raise more than $7 million. For 10 years Randall served on the board of Bet Tzedek Legal Services – the beneficiary of The Justice Ball – a non-profit public interest law firm that provides free legal services annually to more than 12,000 poor, sick, elderly, and homeless residents of Los Angeles County. Randall is also the co-founder of The Imagine Ball, a charity concert that has raised more than $6 million for Imagine LA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending family homelessness in Los Angeles. Randall also serves on the board of directors of National Center for Victims of Crime, an organization dedicated to serving individuals, families, and communities harmed by crime.

In addition to his philanthropic efforts through The Justice Ball and The Imagine Ball, Randall established the Julia Eder Dean’s Scholarship at the University of Michigan in honor of his grandmother – an all-expenses, all-tuition scholarship for a student who, like Randall’s grandmother, was raised in foster care. More than 18 years after this student graduated from UM and subsequently earned a master’s degree, this student has become a member of Randall’s immediate family and is a social worker, motivational speaker, mother, wife, homeowner, and entrepreneur. In addition to this scholarship, Randall also endowed a permanent, full-tuition, need-based scholarship at the University of Michigan for students interested in pursuing a future business career.

Randall has been an active public speaker and has been a guest lecturer at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law, UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, USC’s Marshall School of Business, USC’s Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy, and Draper University. In 2001, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented Randall with the Einstein Technology Medal on behalf of The Jerusalem Fund. In 2006, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law presented Randall with the school’s first Distinguished Entrepreneur Award.

Randall is also an accomplished drone photographer, and his coffee table book BLISS featuring his beach photos from around the world was released in June 2021 and became an immediate best-seller. He is also the world’s foremost beach expert and is known as Mr. Beach. Randall is an inventor and the holder of three design patents, and is also the creator of a 500-piece double-sided jigsaw puzzle featuring two of his best drone photos. He is currently working on his first business book titled Extreme Preparation which will be released in early 2026.

When he’s not working, Randall loves to wakesurf, toss the football, play the drums, fly his drones, and most importantly spend time with family. Randall lives in Los Angeles with his incredible wife, five amazing children, and mischievous dog Karma.