Sunny Bonnell — CEO
Sunny Bonnell is the award-winning Co-founder and CEO of Motto®, a strategy and innovation firm, and a Thinkers50 Radar honoree, which awards the brightest minds in the world. Named a ‘Visionary Brand Icon’ by SWAGGER, she is a Top 30 Global Gurus in Brand, GDUSA's Top 25 People to Watch, and a WEBBY Award winner. The WEBBY Awards described Sunny as “Setting the standard for innovation and creativity.” Sunny works with executive leadership teams to set visions, create big ideas, and inspire their culture to take action on that vision. Clients include: Minnesota Vikings Virgin Google Microsoft Klaviyo NFL Hershey’s Legendary Digital Disney Twentieth Century Fox Choice Hotels NCM Andela Goodnotes Sunny is an internationally acclaimed keynote speaker for organizations like MasterCard, Microsoft, Dale Carnegie, Fast Company Innovation Festival, Inc., and Inspiring Workplaces. She's been featured in every major publication, including Forbes, Entrepreneur, and The Wall Street Journal. She has appeared on Closing Bell on the NY Stock Exchange, The Breakfast Club, and Yahoo Finance. She writes a popular and provocative leadership column for Fast Company with her Co-founder and partner in crime, Ashleigh Hansberger. Sunny and Ashleigh are the authors of Rare Breed: A Guide to Success for the Defiant, Dangerous, and Different (Harper Collins, 2019) which flips the script on business as usual and carves a path for unconventional success. “The top 5 career books of all time.” — New York Post "Brazen and a ruckus to make things better.” — Seth Godin “An entire windstorm of original thinking.” — USA Today Sunny's work is focused on dismantling status-quo practices and inspiring others to do big things. Founder, speaker, author, vision leader. 👉 wearemotto.com 👉 sunnybonnell.com
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Brand Strategy and Leadership expert with a focus on innovation and culture.
Location: New York, New York, United States
Experience: 20 yrs 11 mos
Skills
- Branding
- Business Strategy
- Strategic Vision
- Thought Leadership
- Strategic Leadership
- Leadership
Career Highlights
- Award-winning CEO and co-founder of Motto®
- Top 30 Global Gurus in Brand
- Bestselling author of 'Rare Breed'
Work Experience
Thinkers50
Thinkers50 Radar | Top 30 Thinkers in the World to Watch (2 yrs 3 mos)
VisionCamp®
Co-Founder (3 yrs 9 mos)
Fast Company
Leadership Columnist (4 yrs 3 mos)
HarperCollins Publishers
Author, Rare Breed: A Guide to Success for the Defiant, Dangerous? And Different (6 yrs 7 mos)
Inc. Magazine
Inc. Columnist (9 yrs 7 mos)
Rare Breed
Host & Executive Producer (10 yrs)
Motto®
Co-Founder & CEO, Motto® (20 yrs 10 mos)
Education
Master of Fine Arts at Savannah College of Art and Design
Bachelor of Arts at Savannah College of Art and Design