George Takei: Actor, Social Justice Activist, Social Media Mega-Power, Author & Broadway Star
2014 “Future Is Here” Featured Speaker
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Known around the world for his founding role as Hikaru Sulu in the acclaimed television series “Star Trek,” George Takei is currently the #1 most influential person on Facebook, according to Mashable.com, with more than 6.4 million “likes,” and he has more than one million followers on Twitter. He will soon star in the upcoming Broadway musical “Allegiance.”
George Takei was a featured speaker at Smithsonian magazine’s 2014 The Future is Here Festival.