Those speeches can be also quite valuable, if you are for example running a conference. Few big name speakers can do a lot to attract paying visitors. Just a l

Those speeches can be also quite valuable, if you are for example running a conference. Few big name speakers can do a lot to attract paying visitors. Just a local example. Nordic Business Forum[1] has had for example Barrack Obama as speaker. They have maybe 7k visitors, ticket prices are around 1k-3k€/person. They tend to be sold out well in advance. Few years old list of per speech prices for high profile speakers [2]. For example Obama $400k, Tony Blair $200k. [1] https://www.nbforum.com/ https://www.nbforum.com/ [2] https://www.thestreet.com/investing/highest-paid-public-speakers-14315669 https://www.thestreet.com/investing/highest-paid-public-spea...