Self portrait of founder Stuart Acker Holt

WE ALL HAVE

A UNIQUE STORY TO TELL

Whether you are a rock collector or a rock star we are defined by our stories.
Since 2004 we have been developing an idea to help do this by interviewing people.

That’s why we created trails.

MIP was founded by journalist and photographer Stuart Acker Holt in 2004 to add depth and perspective to journalistic story-telling.
The premise of the project is simple; each interviewee nominates the next interviewee who nominates the next.

The Most Interesting Person reveals the hidden connections between people and ideas to help you explore the world we live in today.

Simple it may be, but it has proved to be beautifully malleable too.

Its first incarnation was a web series and it has been reimagined as a podcast, event format, photo essay, advertisement, documentary and a TED talk.

As Most Interesting Person approaches its 20th year it looks forward to exciting new ways to view, express and communicate our ever changing, never boring world.

Events and partners
  • Most Interesting Person Berlin

    MIP Berlin 2013

    MIP Berlin was a 24 hour event in the Balhaus Ost in Prenzlauerberg, Berlin. It featured a trail of the most interesting people living in the city. Each participant was given the space to do whatever they wanted that interested them at the moment in time. There were exhibitions, talks, performances and more.

  • MIP Global 2014

    An exhibition of all the trails documented worldwide for our 10th year anniversary.

  • MIP x TED 2015

    Ted Talk connecting the most interesting TED speakers from around the world

MIP Alumni