The Wharton School and Washington Speakers Bureau Announce Exclusive Partnership

Washington Speakers Bureau becomes the exclusive speakers bureau for the Wharton School, bringing Wharton faculty to organizations across industries and around the world 

PHILADELPHIA and WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Washington Speakers Bureau (WSB) today announced an exclusive partnership. Powered by Wharton Executive Education, the partnership brings the ideas shaping business, and its future, to organizations everywhere. WSB is now the exclusive speakers bureau for the Wharton School. 

The partnership pairs the world's first collegiate business school with the world's largest speakers bureau. Wharton has shaped how business is taught and practiced since 1881. For more than 45 years, WSB has represented the most influential voices in business, government and sport at events of every kind around the world. 

Wharton faculty research the forces that shape business and change the world. Many have built companies of their own, including firms later acquired by Nike and Web.com. They also advise some of the world's best-known companies and institutions, so they see problems as they unfold. On stage, they connect that knowledge to the decisions in front of the audience. 

For organizations, that depth is now one call away. Every organization is working through hard questions right now. Through WSB, they can bring in some of the most trusted thinkers in business, people whose answers rest on evidence and experience. The questions organizations bring to WSB most often sound like these: 

• We've invested in AI. Why aren't we seeing the return? 
• Our clients say they're happy. Why do some of them still leave? 
• Where should we place our next big bet for growth? 
• How do we keep our best people engaged and pulling in the same direction? 
• How do we plan when the economy and the world keep shifting? 

"Organizations are making bigger decisions, faster, and with less certainty than at any point in recent memory," said Ryan Heil, President of Washington Speakers Bureau. "Wharton's faculty research the questions behind those decisions. Then they put what they learn to work, in companies they've built and companies they advise. Audiences leave with steps they can take right away, grounded in research that will shape the next decade. We're so excited and grateful for this partnership." 

"Wharton faculty create business knowledge that is rigorous, distinctive, and consequential," said Patti Williams, Senior Vice Dean, Non-Degree Programs at the Wharton School. "In a world where information is increasingly abundant, the ability to generate knowledge that advances understanding and informs action has never been more important. We are excited and honored to partner with the Washington Speakers Bureau, whose unparalleled experience and reach in connecting influential voices with audiences around the world will help bring Wharton's knowledge to more of the leaders and organizations who can put it into action." 

To meet the Wharton faculty and explore their topics, visit https://www.wsb.com/topics/wharton-business-school/

About Washington Speakers Bureau 
Washington Speakers Bureau (WSB) is the world's largest speakers bureau and the exclusive speakers bureau for the Wharton School. For more than 45 years, WSB has represented leading CEOs and business thinkers, presidents and prime ministers, athletes, coaches and authors. It has booked more than 70,000 events in 67 countries, for corporate meetings, associations, universities and public audiences. Learn more at wsb.com.

About the Wharton School 
Founded in 1881 as the world's first collegiate business school, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is shaping the future of business by incubating ideas, driving insights, and creating leaders who change the world. With a faculty of more than 235 renowned professors, Wharton has 5,000 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, and doctoral students. Each year 100,000 professionals from around the world advance their careers through Wharton Executive Education's individual, company-customized, and online programs, and thousands of pre-collegiate students explore business concepts through Wharton's Global Youth Program. More than 105,000 Wharton alumni form a powerful global network of leaders who transform business every day. For more information, visit www.wharton.upenn.edu. 

About Wharton Executive Education 
Wharton Executive Education has served as the global leader in executive development for more than 75 years. Steeped in the heritage and analytical insights of the Wharton School, with an eye toward shaping the future of business, Wharton Executive Education's individual, online, and custom programs prepare more than half a million professionals a year to transform their careers and organizations. For more information on Wharton Executive Education's practical business solutions, visit executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu. 

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SOURCE Washington Speakers Bureau