John O’Connell, author of “Rise of the Activist Investor“, joins the Next Gen Investing segment on the Schwab Network live from the 2025 Schwab IMPACT Conference to talk about his book. He explains why activist investors are paramount to the stock market by propping up companies with solid fundamentals that got beaten down through other means. John highlights how social media played a central role and tells viewers how they can use AI to build their own company analysis if they want to be involved.