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Stefan Swanepoel
Real Estate Speaker (Includes Business, Consumer, Technology and Mobile Trends)
Stefan is an international best-selling author of 20 books and a motivational speaker with over 700 presentations (500,000 people) for groups ranging from 100 to 10,000 people. With his British accent, passionate personality and abundant energy Stefan is an engaging, dynamic and entertaining presenter. Whether you are looking for intellectual or inspiring, Stefan’s talks are different and most certainly memorable.
Stefan’s latest talk combines his love of wildlife and his comprehensive business experiences into a message that vividly portrays how the larger-than-life fable in his new best seller, Surviving Your Serengeti, provides a metaphor for guidance and inspiration to both individuals and companies.
It will feel as if you are on an Africa safari as Stefan shares the different parallels between our concrete jungle and the real jungle and redefines how you view and comprehend people. Read more about this fascinating talk here .
Real Estate Speaker (Includes Business, Consumer, Technology and Mobile Trends)
No one researches more about the change and trends impacting the residential real estate industry than Stefan. He is widely recognized as the leading visionary in this field and has penned over 22 books, reports and whitepapers and over 1,000 published articles. His most popular real estate books include the 1998 Amazon.com bestseller Real Estate confronts Reality, the annual Swanepoel TRENDS Report (new editions in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013) and starting in 2013 his new Swanepoel TECHNOLOGY Report. Stefan always provides a balanced and objective evaluation of the market, analyzing emerging trends and key players in an objective and balanced fashion. Read more about this insightful talk here .
Qualifications & Experience
His academic accomplishments include a bachelor’s in science, a master’s in business economics and diplomas in arbitration, computer science and marketing. Stefan has held offices as President, CEO and Chairman of a technology company, an education company, a non-profit association, a movie studio and a 2,000 office international franchise.
Recognition & Bestseller lists
Stefan’s books have been featured on the bestseller list of: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Star Tribune, Huffington Post, Amazaon.com, Barnes & Noble, Inc. Magazine, CEO Read, San Francisco Chronicle, MSNBC, Publishers Weekly, ABC, Miami Herald and many others.
He has also received numerous awards including; “Businessman of the Year” (Jaycees), has been ranked as one of the “Top 20 Most Influential People in the Real Estate Industry” (Today’s REALTOR®), “One of the Top 100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders” (Inman News), “One of the Top 25 Most Connected Real Estate Professionals Online” (Proxio) and “One of the Top 50 People Who You Should Follow on Twitter” (Roost).
Stefan spent the first 35 years of his life in various countries across the globe before immigrating to the USA. Today he is an American citizen and lives in California.