Vusi Thembekwayo

Vusi Thembekwayo is a South African based global business speaker, author, investor and serial entrepreneur. He also one of the dragon's on the South African version of Dragon's Den tv show.

At the age of 17 he was already ranked first in Africa for public speaking and went on to receive a third in the world at the English Speaking Union International Competition. He speaks in four of the seven continents to over 350 000 people each year. At 25 years of age he was the youngest director of a multi-national turning over R17billion a year, where he served on the operations board. He also started a new business division that grew into a R461 million annual business with the highest EBITDA within the Africa group.

In November 2015, Vusi was selected as one of the Top 12 speakers in the world by Meetingsnet Magazine, sharing the list with the likes of Arianna Huffington (of the Huffington Post) and James Curleigh (VP of Levi Strauss & Co.)

In April 2017, Vusi sold a majority stake in his management advisory and growth consultancy business Motiv8 Advisory to United States based Watermark Advisory LLP for an undisclosed amount.

Vusi Thembekwayo is also a co-author of And For All These Reasons I'm In, a guide for entrepreneurs offering cold reality and hot advice from each of the other 4 Dragons.

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