Vusi Thembekwayo: Business Innovation

Global business speaker and leadership maverick Vusi Thembekwayo equips organisations with disruptive strategy, high performance thinking, and transformative leadership insights that ignite growth and inspire bold action.

Quick Facts:

  • Highlights:
    • Global keynote speaker and influential business strategist
    • Self made millionaire and celebrated entrepreneur
    • Expertise in disruptive innovation, strategic leadership, and corporate governance
    • Renowned for high energy, provocative, and insight driven keynotes
  • Formats:

    Keynote speaker and business leadership strategist

  • Audience:

    Executives, business leaders, corporate teams, entrepreneurs, innovation departments, and global conferences focused on strategy, disruption, and high performance leadership

  • Outcomes:
    1. Clear, provocative insights that transform how leaders approach strategy and performance.
    2. Practical frameworks for navigating disruption and driving organisational growth.
    3. Renewed confidence, ambition, and readiness to take bold action.
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  • Travels from: Dubai

Keynote Topics

The world is in a constant state of chaos. Panic induced by lockdowns, travel bans, stock market collapses, housing market bubbles & geo-political unrest have made chaos our new normal.

But there is a science to leading through this chaos. And Vusi has packaged it into a must-hear inspirational keynote

Boost your business growth. Motivate and inspire your teams. Book a keynote talk with the internationally awarded and renowned public speaker.

Thembekwayo is widely regarded as one of the most influential young Africans of contemporary times and is often called by global business leaders and media to comment on various issues including business development policy and macro-economic development frameworks, social cohesion and modern economic systems.

His public persona has drawn attention from clients from the USA to Asia, requesting his help in equipping their businesses with the tools they need to thrive through the current chaos and embrace the new normal.

Vusi’s research-backed process goes beyond simply motivation and theory – it empowers clients with tools to manage the moment, transform their business and develop agile leaders to be future-ready.

The key to surviving change is to understand why you probably won’t.

In an environment where knowledge is free, how do organisations maximise and coordinate people and capital resources for the ultimate goal in business: PROFIT.

Talent Short Bio

Vusi Thembekwayo is an internationally acclaimed entrepreneur, investor, and global keynote speaker whose influence extends far beyond traditional business circles. Known for his sharp intellect, unapologetic candor, and ability to distill complex concepts into compelling, actionable insights, Vusi has become one of the most respected voices in modern leadership and strategic innovation. Sir Bob Geldof famously described him as “absolutely amazing,” capturing the impact Vusi has on audiences worldwide.

From humble beginnings to becoming a self made millionaire, Vusi’s journey is defined by resilience, experimentation, and a relentless pursuit of excellence. He has built and led high growth companies across multiple sectors, served on prominent boards, and guided organisations through volatile markets with clarity and precision. His expertise spans strategic leadership, corporate governance, scaling businesses, and disruptive innovation—skills honed through years of navigating global markets and shaping business strategy at the highest levels.

As a speaker, Vusi is known for his dynamic stage presence and his ability to challenge assumptions while empowering audiences to embrace change. He weaves together lessons from entrepreneurship, economics, motorsport passion, and personal experience to offer a multidimensional perspective on leadership and performance.

Vusi Thembekwayo is more than just an acclaimed business mogul and global speaker. He transcends conventional labels to embody a multifaceted persona—a maverick, a leadership genius, a petrol head, a devoted family man, a self-made millionaire, and even a dragon. However, what truly defines Vusi is not just his impressive accolades but his unparalleled ability to inspire and provoke change. As Sir Bob Geldof once eloquently stated, Vusi isn’t just great; he’s absolutely amazing.

With a background rooted in the dynamic landscape of entrepreneurship, Vusi Thembekwayo has cultivated a wealth of knowledge and experience that few can rival. From humble beginnings, he embarked on a remarkable journey of self-discovery and enterprise, ultimately emerging as a beacon of innovation and success in the business world.

Vusi’s expertise spans across various domains, including strategic leadership, corporate governance, and disruptive innovation. As a sought-after speaker, he shares invaluable insights garnered from years of navigating the complexities of global markets and leading organizations to unprecedented heights of success. His ability to dissect complex concepts and communicate them with clarity and conviction has earned him widespread acclaim on the international stage.

Moreover, Vusi Thembekwayo’s unique perspective as a petrol head—an enthusiast of automobiles and motorsports—adds an unexpected dimension to his approach to business and leadership. Drawing parallels between the intricacies of racing and the dynamics of corporate strategy, he offers fresh insights that challenge conventional thinking and ignite transformative change.

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