As the world's leading speakers bureau for over 35 years, our commitment to making your event a brilliant success begins with guiding you every step of the way and ends with a standing ovation.
Greater Talent Network, Inc. is the leader in speakers bureaus, bringing the most dynamic speakers from business, politics, technology, entertainment, literature and sports to audiences across the world. Each of the renowned faces on our roster has chosen GTN to help them share their remarkable stories.
At the heart of GTN is CEO and founder Don R. Epstein. When he founded GTN in 1982, Epstein promoted avant-garde, cultural icons like Hunter S. Thompson, Abbie Hoffman, and Timothy Leary. Over the years, Epstein’s ability to recognize talent on the cusp of their careers has kept GTN at the cutting edge of the lecture industry. Clients like Mark Burnett and Michael Lewis were both just starting along their now immensely successful career paths when they joined GTN.
Greater Talent Network Speakers Bureau offers choices that read like a “Who’s Who” of business, entertainment and politics.
- The New York Times
Our network of high caliber speakers is supported by the industry’s largest team of experienced agents.
Our agents average over 10 years in the business, offering more than 250 years of collective experience. Whether you have a specific speaker in mind or are welcome to suggestions, our specialists will work with you to pinpoint the needs of your audience and find the perfect keynote lecturer to make your event an unprecedented success. From your first contact with GTN to the standing ovation that closes your event, you will be in contact with the same agent who is dedicated to building a personal one on one relationship with you to discover, anticipate and exceed your expectations. Our staff goes the extra mile because we believe in the power of our speakers and their stories.
We are working hard to make your event a top notch success.
GTN’s dedicated staff will partner with you to meet the needs of your event and exceed your audience’s expectations.
How did we get to where we are? Let us explain.
GTN Opens For Business
1982
“We were working in a basement on 74th Street in a brownstone. My first two clients were P.J. O’Rourke and Tom Wolfe.” – Don Epstein
G. Gordon Liddy & Timothy Leary Embark On College Speaking Tour
1983
GTN Opens A New Office
1983
GTN Becomes A Founding Member of the IASB
1986
GTN Moves to 150 5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York
1987GTN Enters the Corporate Marketplace
1989
GTN Publishes Its First Newsletter
1992
Richard Holbrooke Signs With GTN
1996
GTN Acquires DMB Speakers Bureau Based In Miami Beach, Florida
1998British Airways Taps P.J. O’Rourke For Its “Johnny Foreigner” Ad Campaign
1999
GTN Moves To Its Current Corporate Headquarters at 437 5th Avenue, Manhattan, NY
2001
Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno Signs With GTN
2001
GTN Releases “Life, The Universe, and Douglas Adams”” Documentary
2002
David Evenchick Becomes The President of GTN
2005
GTN Hosts Its 30th Anniversary Party At The United Nations
2012
GTN Opens A New Office In Palm Beach, FL
2015
GTN Celebrates Its 35th Anniversary
2017
United Talent Agency acquires GTN
2017
