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Greg McKeown (born 1977 in London, England) is an author, public speaker, leadership and business strategist, and New York Times Bestselling Author. In 2012, The World Economic Forum inducted McKeown into the Forum of Young Global Leaders. His most recent bestseller, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, (Crown Business, April 2014), is a business and self-leadership book that discusses how to figure out what is essential, how to eliminate what's nonessential and how to make it as effortless as possible to do what really matters.

McKeown earned an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business after studying communications and journalism at Brigham Young University.

McKeown is the founder and CEO of McKeown, Inc., a leadership and strategy design agency based in California. Prior to founding McKeown, Inc., McKeown worked for Heidrick & Struggles' Global Leadership Practice.