Greg Ray

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About Greg Ray

Greg Ray is a talent, training, and leadership development executive who has pioneered the branded thought leader and business guru space and continues to support its advancement today. He is the co-founder and CEO of International Thought Leader Network (ITLN), a corporate education company that partners with internationally best-selling authors and recognized leading thinkers to create and deliver world-class soft-skills training for organizational and workforce advancement. ITLN has uniquely brought research to life for renowned thought leaders and international best-selling authors including Thinkers50 gurus John Kotter of Harvard and Vijay Govindarajan of The Tuck School at Dartmouth, and Harvard positive psychology expert Shawn Achor. Today, ITLN’s work includes supporting the mental health and well-being needs of staff and students in over 100 public school districts in the U.S.In 2021 ATD ATD | The World's Largest Talent Development Association honored ITLN’s client with its Excellence in Practice Award in Change Management.He has helped grow the worldwide public brands of legendary thought leaders such as Stephen Covey, Tom Peters, and Ken Blanchard and launched branded media properties including Faith and Value Media (acquired by National Interfaith Cable Coalition), Peterman.com (acquired by founder John Peterman), and Rovion, Inc.(acquired by Local.com). His former company WYNCOM also produced the FORTUNE CEO Forum in the mid-1990s in association with FORTUNE Magazine, a market first putting CEOs center stage as branded personalities.Greg is the former CEO of ISB Global Holdings, an international speaking and literary agency that has over 25 New York Times best-selling books to its credit.His companies have been listed #33 and #42 on the Inc. 500 List of Fastest Growing Companies.Earlier in his career, he served as President of Gray Capital, Inc, a private investment company located in Lexington, KY, and New York City.Greg received a BS in Finance from Indiana University and an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. He is a former Chairman of the Austin Chapter of YPO Gold and a member of its Western Regional Executive Committee.