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Simon Keith

  • The world’s 1st heart transplant recipient to play a professional sport
  • Voted "USA's Most Courageous Athlete"
  • Played for UNLV & several professional soccer teams
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$15,000 - $17,500
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Las Vegas, Nevada

Simon Keith is a keynote speaker, executive coach, business turnaround expert, and successful serial entrepreneur who built and sold four different companies in four different industries over a 15 year period. A former soccer player, he was the first athlete in the world to play a professional sport after undergoing a heart transplant. Recognizing his...

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Simon Keith is a keynote speaker, executive coach, business turnaround expert, and successful serial entrepreneur who built and sold four different companies in four different industries over a 15 year period.

A former soccer player, he was the first athlete in the world to play a professional sport after undergoing a heart transplant. Recognizing his passion for high performance, he turned his competitive spirit to the business world, growing and selling multiple companies, spearheading multimillion-dollar enterprise turnarounds, and tripling company growth. He is living proof of how much leaders and teams can achieve, win, and grow in business when they harness relentless determination and an unstoppable mindset.

Today, he helps companies drive unprecedented growth by building great leaders who build great teams who build great organizations. Whether he is supporting individuals, working with leadership teams to build high-functioning cultures, or helping enterprises overcome performance limits, he is uncompromising in his commitment to unlock your full potential.

An award-winning humanitarian, social entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Simon founded The Simon Keith Foundation in 2012, an organization that has raised millions of dollars for young people undergoing life-saving organ transplants. In 2015, he was named Canada’s Humanitarian of the Year. In 2022, he was awarded one of Canada’s highest civilian honors when he was named a Member of the Order of Canada.

He has shared his remarkable story at the White House, at the U.K. and Canadian Parliaments, on ESPN, in his book, Heart for the Game, and with audiences around the world. He has been featured in The Washington Post, Sports illustrated, USA Today, FORBES, and in numerous other media outlets.

Keith is married to Kelly and has three children: Sarah, Samantha, and Sean. He lives in Las Vegas, NV

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"Simon Keith is literally a walking miracle" Forbes

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BUILD GREAT LEADERS
Studies estimate that the percentage of new managers with no leadership training in the U.S. and Canada ranges between 42 and a staggering 85 percent. In this energizing presentation, Simon shares the top leadership lessons ...more
Studies estimate that the percentage of new managers with no leadership training in the U.S. and Canada ranges between 42 and a staggering 85 percent. In this energizing presentation, Simon shares the top leadership lessons he has learned from some of the world’s greatest leaders—in sport, business, and life. ...less
BUILD GREAT TEAMS
If we want to achieve real results at work, every person on every team needs a personalized roadmap that pushes them to become the greatest version of themselves. In this inspirational keynote talk, Simon shares ...more
If we want to achieve real results at work, every person on every team needs a personalized roadmap that pushes them to become the greatest version of themselves. In this inspirational keynote talk, Simon shares the #1 reason teams don’t crush their goals, what exceptional teams have in common, and how to drive your team to unprecedented levels of success. ...less
MOMENTS OF TRUTH
If we want to achieve real results at work, every person on every team needs In our lives, we tend to define ourselves by moments that shape who we are and how we see ourselves— ...more
If we want to achieve real results at work, every person on every team needs In our lives, we tend to define ourselves by moments that shape who we are and how we see ourselves— whether that’s the birth of a child, getting married, or receiving a big promotion. But how do you prepare for life’s unexpected moments? And why do some people seem more equipped to handle them than others? In this inspiring keynote, Simon shares how he found himself fat on his back about to have his heart replaced at 21-years old, and how that taught him to face the unexpected with courage, determination, and unshakable self-belief. ...less
THE GREATEST YOU
After a heart transplant at the beginning of a promising soccer career, Simon Keith vowed to make an unprecedented comeback. Proving all his critics wrong, he went on to carve out an astounding career—first as ...more
After a heart transplant at the beginning of a promising soccer career, Simon Keith vowed to make an unprecedented comeback. Proving all his critics wrong, he went on to carve out an astounding career—first as a professional athlete, then as a talented consultant driving multiple multimillion-dollar business turnarounds. In this talk, Simon uses his incredible story to inspire the type of uncompromising commitment, unrelenting focus, and incredible discipline that it takes to become the greatest version of ourselves, so we can create great teams and great organizations. ...less

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I just wanted to thank you so much for sharing your inspirational story with us yesterday (virtually). We were all so touched by your honesty and resilience through such difficult circumstances that we couldn’t stop talking about you after you hopped off the call. Stories like yours are what puts all the crazy crap that…

- Sanofi

On behalf of all of ImageFIRST, I want to say thank you again so much for coming to speak at our National Meeting and share your story with us. The feedback we have received from the audience is just remarkable, and you truly made an impact on everyone there. We really appreciate you taking the…

- ImageFIRST

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