Bobby Umar

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Bobby Umar is one of the most prolific heart-based leaders in North America. Inc. Magazine named him one of the Top 100 Leadership Speakers, named alongside such noteworthy giants as Richard Branson, Brene Brown, John Maxwell and Robin Sharma. Bobby is a 5x TEDx speaker and one of the top influencers in the world, with over half a million followers. He has been named the 2nd best business coach to follow on Twitter and the 4th best leadership influencer according to Kred. Bobby is an international author of two books, including a #1 best-seller, and is a Huffington Post contributor. He hosted a weekly tweetchat called “The Power of Connection” that reached over 65 million impressions weekly. To date, his social media influence has garnered over a billion impressions. Bobby was also named a “2015 Speaker to Watch” and one of the Top 7 Networking gurus to follow. Most recently he was named a LinkedIn Top Voice (Blue Badge) in 2024.

A social media influencer, who champions authentic connection and heart-based leadership, Bobby has appeared on hundreds of podcasts, TV & radio shows. With a background in brand marketing (Kraft & Unilever), engineering (Bombardier) and the performing arts (Second City), Bobby has led Raeallan for almost a decade and is now a recognized thought leader in Networking, Social Media and Personal Branding.

He founded the social enterprise DYPB – Discover Your Personal Brand, which organized the largest conference in North America dedicated solely to personal branding, featuring 60 experts and over 300 delegates. 300,000+ people from across the world have experienced Bobby’s high-energy keynotes, interactive teambuilding activities, and engaging workshops. More recently, Bobby founded the Thought Leadership Branding Club, a membership community helping small business owners elevate their digital presence, brand and business growth.

Bobby is also a fiercely proud and committed dad and is passionate about diversity, gender equality, entrepreneurship, and youth. He has worked with thousands of professionals to become thought leaders in 2 ways – help professionals ramp up their careers or businesses with focus, clarity and mindset and help ‘lost leaders’ transition to find their authentic path of passion and purpose.