You’re here to achieve your full potential.
I’m here to show you how.
Hey, I’m Jesse.
But you can call me Jess-Man (see 9th grade ID).
I’m a human performance & wellbeing expert known for founding The Big Quiet movement and leading some of the largest meditations in the world. I’m a 5X audible bestseller, a global keynote speaker & high-performance leadership coach, and the founder of a former tech-fund and record label responsible for signing multi-platinum bands.
If you’re looking to work together, chances are you’ve got a good sense of what else is out there…
Inspirational cliches. Wellness quotes. Saying the word “gratitude” or “healing” over and over again.
Truth is, I actually love all that stuff. Truth is also, it turns most people off if they’re not met at the level they’re currently at.
My work is about creating easy and relatable access points to big and life-changing wisdom.
With my deep understanding of the workplace & popular culture, blended with years of expertise in teaching and community building, I hold a unique ability to help leaders enhance their lives and supercharge their careers.
I’m known for founding the mass meditation movement The Big Quiet and leading some of the largest meditations on earth. I’m less known for my piano karaoke covers of 90’s R&B hits and international cheeseburger club.
It all started in a dorm
My work journey started as a Sophomore at NYU when I co-founded Cantora Records out of my dorm-room. Truth be told, I had no idea what the hell I was doing, but through following my gut and a willingness to experiment, I went on to sign multi-platinum bands like MGMT, advise rappers like The Wu Tang Clan’s GZA and spearhead Cantora’s tech investment start-up fund.
By putting all of my energy into “hustling,” I began experiencing debilitating stress and panic attacks. My mental health and wellbeing challenges led me to find meditation. The practice was so transformative that I went on to found the social meditation community Medi Club, which has grown into a community of thousands of young people, creatives and entrepreneurs who gather monthly to practice meditation and talk about the things they don’t usually have the space to discuss. Medi Club has launched over 300 circle programs, where community members have lead their own meditation and talk circles in their homes and offices.
Mass meditations
Feeling called to create accessible entry points into meditation on a larger scale, I applied my extensive experience in the music industry to found The Big Quiet. Today, The Big Quiet is a movement that has gathered millions of people for mass meditations both virtually and at the most iconic places in the world, like Madison Square Garden and the top of the World Trade Center.
The Big Quiet features rare performances from celebrated musicians that are passionate about meditation like Miguel and members of Arcade Fire, and has sold-out several mass meditation tours in epic locations in cities cities throughout North America.
The Big Quiet has created mass meditation experiences with Oprah Winfrey and Deepak Chopra, and has released best-selling content through platforms like Audible.
Empowering leaders
I toured with Oprah Winfrey and WW to speak at and lead Big Quiet mass meditations at 15,000+ person arenas throughout the US, co-led global meditations with Deepak Chopra and collaborated on live meditations with grammy winning rappers like Common .
Today, I’m a human performance & wellbeing keynote speaker at international summits and fortune 100s, a leadership coach to high-profile and high-performing founders, CEOs and public figures, and I teach my Meditation for Leaders course to cultural icons from around the globe.
I’m a health & wellness consultant for the award-winning ad agency Droga5, have sourced seed investments in businesses that have grown to be valued in the billions of dollars and mentor upcoming teachers and leaders through my mentorship program, Homeroom.
Acclaim & Credentials
The New York Times called me “The Meditation Expert,” Vogue said The Big Quiet and I are “refining the ancient practice of meditation into something exceptional, uplifting, and undoubtedly social,” and the trend forecasting agency The Cassandra Report called my work a “Cultural Phenomenon.” Forbes named me on their Next 1000 list and I’ve created 5 Audible Originals releases that have become top 10 best-sellers.
I’m a selected leader from Harvard Divinity School’s How We Gather Program, a trained facilitator from Columbia School of Social Justice’s Empathetic Facilitator program and a founding meditation teacher from the 1 Giant Mind Meditation Teacher Training Academy. As a coach, I’ve trained with The Conscious Leadership Group, Co-Active Training Institute and Positive Intelligence.
Of my proudest accomplishments, I’m the founder of the international burger club, The Burger Boys, and the founder of the Cyclones - a social impact bicycling club with thousands of riding members responsible for funding sustainable bike shops & bike share programs throughout rural Tanzania.
My bio
Jesse is a meditation leader, keynote speaker and leadership coach known for founding the mass meditation movement The Big Quiet. Named "The Meditation Expert" by The New York Times, Jesse has led some of the largest meditations on earth — having toured arenas with Oprah Winfrey and co-hosted international broadcasts with Deepak Chopra. An Audible Originals best-selling creator and a Forbes Next 1000 recipient, Jesse has collaborated on meditation projects with grammy winning rappers, coached the world’s most influential entrepreneurs and keynoted at Fortune 500s around the globe.
Prior to his work at The Big Quiet, Jesse ran a tech fund and record label called Cantora (acquired 2016), where he signed multi-platinum bands like MGMT.
