This Week’s Speaker
Kim Lorenz (May 19th) Paths our Lives can take from business to philanthropy
Kim’s Bio
Kim Lorenz is an award-winning, best-selling author, entrepreneur, and visionary who founded two companies starting at age 26. He built and ran them successfully, then sold both to Fortune 500 companies after 20 years. He then became a CEO for a Paul Allen company. Today, aside from writing books, he has been doing Humanitarian work globally with World Vision and Rotary for more than 23 years in more than 16 countries. He has been in Rotary 45 years, AKS member, Bequest Society, Benefactor and Major donor.
His Rotary humanitarian work now exceeds $60 million in reaching over 10 million individuals through collaborations with World Vision which Kim was asked to implement by The Rotary Foundation in 2002.
He earned his MBA from the University of Washington. He is a business consultant, proven leader, public speaker, and motivator.
A pilot for 45 years on wheels and floats, he also holds a US Coast Guard Master Captains license, Past Commodore of the Seattle Yacht Club. Kim lives with his wife Jill in Bellevue, WA.
His book Tireless hit #1 Best Seller on Amazon in 2020 and won First Place in 2022 at the Los Angeles Book Festival. Kim Lorenz cuts through the noise of fake Facebook “millionaires” having done the tireless work it takes to build multi-million-dollar companies from scratch. The book is endorsed by several Global Corporate leaders.
Every person can glean valuable insight from his experience, out of the box thinking and recognizing opportunity in front of us all. Tireless leaves readers fired up to seek out unseen opportunities and learn how to use our self-talk, as a force to improve and grow.
Presentation Title
Paths our Lives can take from business to philanthropy.
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