Bobby Umar

Bobby Umar – a well-rounded leadership speaker – is heavily involved in North American projects promoting self-branding, marketing, and more. Graduating as co-valedictorian with an M.B.A. at DeGroote School of Business in Hamilton, Ontario, he is a highly sought after North American GMAT instructor. His coaching methods and expansive outreach strategies draws crowds from all over as a social media influencer, Best-selling author, five-time TEDx speaker, TV host, comedy actor, and teacher. He taught for nearly 15 years at GMAT prep courses for Veritas Prep and Kaplan, global test prep companies, and his own company, Raeallan.

Voted into Inc Magazine’s top 100 leadership speakers, he is also the founder of the ‘Discover Your Personal Brand’ movement which hosts yearly workshops on management, motivation, and business. Umar hosts ‘The Power of Connection’ – a weekly Tweet chat that receives over 65 million impressions – and has made guest appearances on many podcasts, TV and radio shows. Named ‘2nd Best Business Coach to Follow’ on Twitter, Umar has nearly 500 thousand global Twitter followers and combined with other media accounts he gathers millions of impressions a week.

Umar was awarded the ‘Worldwide Instructor of the Year’ for Veritas out of 500+ instructors from 130 countries in 2009 and 2010 as well as being named the ‘2015 Speaker to Watch’ by the Global Speakers Agency and National Speakers Bureau. He continues to connect with people on his YouTube channel, Facebook profile, LinkedIn, and his website for bookings.