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Chief Evangelist, Canva | Former Chief Evangelist, Apple | 16-Time Bestselling Author | Host, Remarkable People Podcast
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Guy Kawasaki popularized brand evangelism at Apple and has spent four decades proving that the best ideas spread when people believe in them. Now chief evangelist at Canva, the design platform used by most of the Fortune 500, he brings Silicon Valley's sharpest marketing instincts, 16 bestselling books, and contagious energy to audiences that leave inspired to act differently.
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Guy Kawasaki biography
Few careers in Silicon Valley span as many eras and turning points as that of marketing speaker Guy Kawasaki. He popularized brand evangelism at Apple’s Macintosh Division in the 1980s, where he helped turn a product launch into a cultural movement, and returned as Apple’s chief evangelist in the mid-1990s. Over four decades he has been a founder of four successful tech startups, a venture capitalist, and an adviser to companies including Google and Mercedes-Benz, where he served as a brand ambassador.
Kawasaki is the bestselling author of 16 books on startups, entrepreneurship, social media, evangelism, and innovation, with titles that have appeared on the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists and are taught at leading business schools. They include The Art of the Start, Enchantment, The Art of Social Media, Rules for Revolutionaries, Selling the Dream, Wise Guy, and The Macintosh Way. His most recent, Think Remarkable: 9 Paths to Transform Your Life and Make a Difference, co-written with Madisun Nuismer, distills insights from more than 200 conversations with extraordinary people.
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Today Kawasaki is chief evangelist of Canva, the AI-powered design platform used by hundreds of millions of people and the vast majority of the Fortune 500. He hosts Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People podcast, interviewing figures such as Jane Goodall, Steve Wozniak, Margaret Atwood, and Neil deGrasse Tyson, and is a LinkedIn Top Voice with nearly three million followers. He is an executive fellow at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and an adjunct professor at the University of New South Wales, has served on the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, and holds a BA from Stanford, an MBA from UCLA, and an honorary doctorate from Babson College.
As a speaker, Guy Kawasaki brings authenticity, wit, and hard-won Silicon Valley insight to every stage. He has delivered keynotes for organizations including Apple, Nike, Google, Gartner, Microsoft, and Audi, and tailors each talk to the audience and challenge at hand. Audiences leave energized, with practical lessons on innovation, marketing, entrepreneurship, and how to live and work in a more remarkable way.
Guy Kawasaki Speaking Videos
Guy Kawasaki | Innovation and Enchantment Keynote Reel
Guy Kawasaki - Think Remarkable
Guy Kawasaki Speaking Topics
Drawing on more than 200 interviews with extraordinary people, from scientists and artists to activists and entrepreneurs, and four decades with Apple, Canva, Google, and Mercedes-Benz, Kawasaki maps the three stages of becoming remarkable: growth, grit, and grace. This is his signature talk, customized for each audience and built around what your people need to unlock their potential.
In this interactive format, Kawasaki flips the script: instead of giving a speech, he interviews your organization’s leader on stage, uncovering and highlighting their most remarkable qualities in real time. He researches thoroughly and meets with the executive in advance to create a personalized conversation that reflects the company’s culture. The session is as memorable for the executive as it is for the room.
What does it take to build products and services people truly love? Kawasaki draws on his front-row seat at some of history’s most transformative launches, including the original Macintosh, to share a practical framework for innovation. From jumping to the next curve to removing the obstacles between ideas and execution, he gives teams principles they can apply immediately.
This is the essential talk on launching anything new, whether a company, a product, a movement, or a team. Kawasaki distills what he learned as an Apple evangelist, a startup founder, and a venture capitalist who has evaluated hundreds of early-stage companies. It is practical, specific, and full of hard truths that save entrepreneurs years of costly detours.
As one of the few people who worked closely with Steve Jobs at Apple, Kawasaki shares what Jobs actually believed about product, people, marketing, and excellence, and how leaders can apply those beliefs to today’s challenges. It is a candid, instructive account from someone who was in the room.
Kawasaki turns social media from a distraction into a precise marketing tool. Drawing on his practical guide to the subject, he explains how organizations of any size can build a real audience, create content that travels, and use digital platforms to drive business results instead of vanity metrics.
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FAQs on Booking Guy Kawasaki
Booking Guy Kawasaki puts one of Silicon Valley’s most credible and versatile voices in front of your audience. He was the original evangelist for Apple’s Macintosh, a founder of four successful startups, a venture capitalist, and today the chief evangelist of Canva, and he has written 16 bestselling books on innovation, entrepreneurship, and marketing. On stage he is energetic, funny, and specific, and he customizes every talk to the audience. For events on innovation, marketing, leadership, entrepreneurship, or personal growth, few speakers combine his credibility, range, and stage presence. To book Guy Kawasaki, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau and one of our founders will respond within 24 hours.
Brand evangelism is the practice of building genuine passion for a product or company by creating true believers who spread the message because they care about it, rather than relying only on traditional advertising. Guy Kawasaki did not invent the idea, but he is widely credited with popularizing it. His work at Apple’s Macintosh Division in the 1980s, building a community of passionate developers and users around the original Mac, became the model for how technology companies approach evangelism, and the term is now standard in marketing and startup culture.
Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with extraordinary figures from science, business, the arts, and beyond, including Jane Goodall, Steve Wozniak, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Martha Stewart, and Margaret Atwood. Kawasaki considers it the most meaningful work of his career, and it inspired his book Think Remarkable.
Guy Kawasaki speaks on innovation, brand evangelism and marketing, entrepreneurship and startups, social media, leadership and personal growth, and the lessons he learned working with Steve Jobs at Apple. He tailors each talk to the industry and audience, from Fortune 500 leadership teams to startup founders. Contact Aurum Speakers Bureau to customize a session for your event.
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