Vusi is an acclaimed business mogul, venture capitalist, and global speaker who has successfully built and transformed businesses across Africa. Vusi is many things, from a maverick, a leadership genius, a self-made millionaire to a dragon. At 25, Vusi ran a R400 million division at a renowned multinational and went on to be one of the youngest Directors of a JSE listed company. He is the former CEO of advisory firm Motiv8 Advisory. In early 2017, he sold a majority stake of his management advisory and growth consultancy business Motiv8 Advisory to United States based Watermark Advisory LLP.

 

Vusi is a consummate speaking professional on and off stage. He doesn’t just talk business, he lives it. He does more than simply inspire revolution, he initiates it. Vusi has been the catalyst for change in businesses across the globe through expertise in strategy, leadership and sales, and 21 global cities have experienced his talks.

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Shifting an organisation into a new way of working, thinking and being amongst the most complex management tasks in the world today. More complex than the task of managing large scale disruption and change is finding a trusted advisor to aid your efforts. Where do you find a trusted advisor that has walked the path of change and disruption? An advisor that has seen organisations get it right and woefully, while others get it wrong from inside the boardroom.  

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Acknowledged as one of the most influential venture capitalists on the African continent, Vusi serves on the board of SAVCA (the South African Venture Capitalist Association) and is a Managing Partner of Watermark Capital Partners (a pan-African private equity firm with assets across the sub-continent). As part of his entrepreneurship foundation, Vusi is the Chairman of MyGrowthFund, a community-centric venture capital firm and business accelerator. 

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Currently, he is the CEO of a boutique investment & advisory firm in Africa. Leading by example, his firm forces medium, large and listed businesses into much needed, often painful, always lucrative new directions. Having graced the covers of Entrepreneur Magazine, with features on Forbes and Inc500, his social media engagement often mirrors that of a Rockstar.

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Vusi’s business pedigree is unrivaled and reflected in his client testimonials, board appointments and invitations to serve across the globe.

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Vusi's Masterclass is about how to run a successful, scalable business. Vusi will be taking you through key points one should consider when they wish to run a successful business. 

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Vusi is amongst the most accomplished authors having sold over 50,000 copies of his various books. His debut book, The Magna Carta of Exponentiality sold 6,000 copies in a single day on debut in Barcelona, Spain and is counted as amongst the rare literary collectables by an African author. A project that took 8 years to complete, the book has a demand order over 2,000 with inquiries streaming in from cities like New York, London, Paris and Oslo.

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His follow up book, a poetic and linguistic masterpiece, the self-titled “Vusi Lessons from the Black Dragon” is a quadruple best-seller and is amongst the fastest books to reach Best-seller in South Africa by a South African author. Unapologetically authentic, provocative and deterministic, Vusi’s books are a must-have addition on the book shelves of the novice and the seasoned alike.

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Keynote Topics:

• Leading At The Edge Of Chaos 

• Barbarians At The Gate

• Unmanagement

• The Magna Carta Of Exponentiality 

• Who Killed The Customer?

• Back To The Future

• Trend To Zero

• The Goliath Effect

• The Sprint

• Day After Tomorrow

• The Future Of Finance 

• Black Sheep