Sam Cawthorn

Sam Cawthorn is a thought leader and expert in resilience and corporate turnarounds and is also one of the world's leading speaker coaches. He is the CEO for SpeakersInstitute Group of Companies dedicated to advance humanity by being the incubator for the next generation of speaker talent to help them get their message out into the world commercially. He is an accomplished author having written 11 books including 5 international Best Sellers and also a philanthropist starting a charity working with kids living with a disability in developing worlds. Cawthorn is the International Edupreneur of the Year and also the Young Australian of the Year.

In October 2006 Cawthorn’s life changed forever when he was involved in a major car accident, where he was pronounced DEAD. He was thankfully resuscitated, but left with an amputated right arm and a permanent disability in his right leg. Cawthorn was hospitalized for over 5 months and was told that he may not survive and best case was that if he was to survive he would never walk again. A year later he defied all odds taking his first steps into a new life, where his story would continue to INSPIRE and change the lives people all over the world.

Cawthorn is today a hugely successful professional Keynote Speaker and Entrepreneur reaching over 20 million people around the world each month through his edutech platforms. Cawthorn is at the forefront of global trends and has the unique ability to transform impossibilities into possible realities. Cawthorn’s thought leadership is in peak performance, turnarounds and communication; his research in resilience and storytelling is unmatched and his literature has been awarded globally.

He has shared the stage with Michelle Obama, Simon Sinek and Dali Lama just to name a few. He has Keynoted in 50+ countries and his award winning education businesses boast a team of 320 people and educate 1000s of students all around the world each month.