Brett Alexander Hurt

Brett's the CEO of Love Conquers Fear, focused on his highest utility to help humanity make it to Abundance for All. His podcast, Love Conquers Fear, launched on September 24th, 2025. He was most recently the CEO and co-founder of data.world.

Brett is also the co-owner of Hurt Family Investments (HFI). HFI is involved in 151 startups, 52 VC funds, and multiple philanthropic endeavors. Prior, Brett co-founded and led Bazaarvoice as CEO, through its unicorn IPO, follow-on offering, and two acquisitions. Before that, he co-founded and led Coremetrics as CEO. Coremetrics was acquired by IBM for $300m. He's the author of "The Entrepreneur's Essentials", on Amazon or online for free at TheEntrepreneursEssentials.com. His second book, “The Lattice”, is a science-fiction novella and positive vision on how humanity evolves from 2030 to 2085. His third book, "Love Conquers Fear: Humanity, AI, and the Age of Abundance for All", is now on the USA TODAY bestseller list.

Brett has been named to ATC's Hall of Fame (2026), Tulane’s Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year (2026), the Batshit Crazy Entrepreneur of the Year in Austin by Silicon Hills News (2025), one of the Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs by Goldman Sachs (2022), and the Best CEO Legacy Award by the ABJ (2017). He is a Henry Crown Fellow and was a Braddock Scholar at the Aspen Institute. He began programming at age seven. Brett's a graduate of U.T. Austin and MBA graduate of Wharton.