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Rohit Bhargava

Founder & Chief Trend Curator
The Non-Obvious Company

Rohit Bhargava is on a mission to inspire more non-obvious thinking in the world. He is a leading authority on marketing, trends and innovation. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur and starting the Non-Obvious Company and Ideapress Publishing, he previously spent over 15 years advising large brands on marketing strategy at two respected global advertising agencies: Leo Burnett and Ogilvy. Rohit is widely considered one of the most entertaining and original keynote speakers on marketing disruption and innovation in the world. He is the #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of eight books on topics as wide ranging as the future of business, building a human brand with personality, and how to create a more diverse and inclusive world. He has been invited to deliver sold-out keynotes and workshops to change the way teams and leaders think at the World Bank, NASA, Intel, LinkedIn, American Express, Under Armour, Univision, Disney and hundreds of other well-known organizations. Rohit has also taught popular courses on marketing and storytelling at Georgetown University in Washington DC and writes a monthly column on trends for GQ magazine in Brazil. Rohit lives in the Washington DC area, is married and is a proud dad of two boys. He loves the Olympics (he’s been to five!) and actively hates cauliflower. (Visit www.rohitbhargava.com/about for an even longer bio with lots of personal details about Rohit)

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