In Partnership with One World PublishingWhether you are finally taking the leap and launching that new startup in 2023 or if you’re trying to take your existing business to the next level, we all know that the people you surround yourself with play a role in determining your success. The same can be true about the people we surround ourselves with online– who we follow and the content we consume.
Social media gives us the opportunity to learn firsthand from some of the most successful people on the planet. It never hurts to purge our newsfeed each year and examine who we are following and whether the content we consume is adding value to our growth and our goals. Here are ten of the leading business executives who share tremendous value and advice online.
1. Grant Cardone
Grant Cardone is a real estate mogul and founder and CEO of Cardone Capital, a private real estate investment firm. He’s also a public speaker, bestselling author, and sales coach who shares his knowledge for free through social media, articles, podcasts, and interviews.
Grant Cardone is explicit about how his success didn’t happen overnight. He frequently talks about the amount of unseen and unpaid labor it takes to get where you want to be and encourages his followers to stay motivated and focused on their goals.
2. Manny Khoshbin
Manny Khoshbin is a foreign-born real estate entrepreneur who immigrated to the U.S. in 1984 when he was only 14. Less than a decade later, he earned his real estate license and has been grinding his way to success ever since.
Kohshbin’s company holds real estate in seven different states. His professional knowledge includes the art of real estate — finding deals and closing them.
If you’re interested in real estate or want to learn more about how to be a successful entrepreneur, you can’t afford not to follow Manny Khoshbin.
3. Charles Gaudet
Charles Gaudet has been called the CEO Whisperer by the press. There is good reason for it: As the CEO of Predictable Profits, Gaudet is one of the most sought-after coaches for entrepreneurs with 7 and 8 figure businesses. He is an expert on scaling and transforming your company to create the life you want. As a serial entrepreneur himself, Gaudet has built multiple successful companies.
Charles shares his knowledge and experience with entrepreneurs across his social media channels as well as through podcasts and his book.
4. Kiana Danial
Kiana Daniel is an investor, CEO, and author of four books on finance. She contributes as a finance expert writer for Nasdaq and offers insights into cryptocurrency and wealth management to various media outlets.
In addition to sharing her general finance knowledge, she’s recently taken a more targeted focus on women entrepreneurs who are mothers wanting to build successful businesses while raising kids.
5. Peter Voogd
Another best-selling author, Peter Voogd is the founder of The Game Changers Academy, which is intended to help entrepreneurs create successful businesses without the exhausting grind of working 60-plus hours per week.
Peter is a notable figure in the entrepreneurial world because of his classic rags-to-riches story: going from being dead broke to pulling in a six-figure income in only half a year. He continues to share his expertise with entrepreneurs seeking motivation and encouragement.
6. Garrain Jones
Garrain Jones had a rough start in life by surviving an attempted murder at only four years of age. He survived another near-death experience at age 10, and at 12, his father was murdered. That backstory helped shape Garrain into one of the most transformational healers and coaches of our time.
Despite his hardship and trauma, Garrain succeeded in changing his life. He was a seven-figure earner by 37 and has since impacted people around the world through his coaching, book and his flagship retreats.
7. Patrick Bet-David
Patrick Bet-David and his family fled a war-torn country when he was only 10 years old. After high school, he joined the U.S. military and eventually started a career in the financial services industry. He later went on to start one of the fast-growing companies in the financial industry — all before the age of 30.
8. Vanessa Lau
Vanessa Lau took advantage of the social media landscape by scaling her multi-million dollar company into a dedicated resource for content creators, coaches, and “corporate escapees” (as she calls them) who want to build businesses through the power of social media.
9. Ramon Ray
Ramon Ray has carved out his space in the entrepreneurial world by dedicating his knowledge, energy, and resources to small business owners. He offers advice ranging from selling and marketing to your customers to creating your own personal brand to support your business.
10. Timothy Sykes
Rounding out our list of must-follow influencers is Timothy Sykes, a penny stock trader who turned the $12,415 gift he received for his bar mitzvah into millions. He is now one of the most prominent educators in the financial space and a renowned philanthropist.
After over 20 years of successfully trading penny stocks, he continues to share his knowledge and strategies with his millions of followers online.
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