- Former Navy SEAL and combat veteran.
- Economist and entrepreneur.
- Named one of the “Top CEO’s” in the October 2013 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine.
- Repeatedly mentioned in the Inc.500/5000 list of fastest growing private companies.
Entrepreneur Brent Gleeson is a former Navy SEAL combat veteran who utilizes the leadership principles learned during his stint in the military to build high-performance teams in the business world. Amongst these principles are such aspects as discipline, leadership, resiliency, and accountability. Using these principles, he has managed to raise millions of dollars for his organization and build winning teams.
After completing tours in different arenas of war, Brent became an entrepreneur, successfully applying the leadership principles learned during his time in the military to build multi-million dollar organizations and repeatedly being named in the Inc.500/5000 list of fastest growing private companies.
Brent sports degrees in finance and economics from Southern Methodist University and an English and History degree from England’s Oxford University. He also has an MBA from the University of San Diago, California.
Besides awards won for his business leadership, Brent was named one of the “Top CEOs” in the October 2013 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine because of his approach to building high-performance business teams.
Amongst his clients, Brent counts such giants as Bank of America Merrill Lynch, PayPal, Nestle, Toronto Raptors, Morgan Stanley, the U.S. Navy, UBS, Lilly, Boeing, and a host of others.
Besides his business dealings Brent has, for the last four years, had weekly columns on Forbes.com and Inc.com with thousands of views and social shares on a weekly basis. His focus is on business leadership, culture, change management, and building teams that get results. He has also featured on a number of podcasts and local and national news and TV channels. These include CNBC, Fox, NBC, TMZ, and Discovery Channel. Additionally, he has starred in a number of reality shows, including Mark Burnett’s NBC primetime hit ‘Stars Earn Stripes’ for which he, and other personalities, were selected to pair with celebrities in a competition to raise money for different charities. He currently has another two television shows in the pipeline.
Brent Gleeson – Speaker
Brent has addressed audiences featuring business leaders, professional athletes, and first responders on a global scale and consulted with hundreds of large and small organizations seeking new ways in which to develop leaders, improve culture, and get results. To this end, he has inspired thousands of people to push themselves further in order to reach goals formerly thought of as impossible.
Keynote Speaking Topics
- Maximum Performance Through Trust, Teamwork & Accountability
- Leadership Lessons For Elite Teams
- Crushing Your Goals & Achieving The Impossible
- Leading Change: A Navy SEAL’s Principles for Navigating Organizational Change
- Prioritizing People Culture and Values to Achieve Results
- Building High-trust Organizations that Achieve Winning Results