Steve Kaplan is one of the world’s leading experts on business success and achievement. He has owned, built, or sold over 100 businesses. As a two-time New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Week and USA bestselling author, Kaplan’s true expertise lies in building and growing businesses. Steve hit his first big success in 1999 when he sold Sampling Corporation of America (a target marketing company he started in his basement) to Snyder Communications NYSE (SNC) for tens of millions of dollars.Steve stayed on with Snyder as Group President where, over a two year period, he led 1,200 employees throughout the U.S. and UK grow this division 225% through organic growth, integration and acquisitions throughout the US, Europe, Asia and Australia. Steve then played a leadership role in selling the public entity (Snyder Communications) to French owned Havas Advertising for an industry record $2.1 billion a few years later. Steve stayed on as President & Chief Executive Officer of Bounty SCA, the business he started and built.Steve recently achieved one of his dreams by building a new professional sport for today’s marketplace. He founded and currently serves as the President & Commissioner of the World Armwrestling League (WAL).Steve continues to pursue his passions through sports, travel and the arts. He was featured on ABC’s Sunday primetime show Secret Millionaire and CNBC’s Crowd Rules. He received a Tony nomination for Best Musical as a producer for Leap of Faith, starring Brooke Shields and Raul Esparza. He toured Afghanistan where he presented thousands of troops with strategies to get jobs and start businesses upon redeployment. Steve regularly appears on a variety of media (MSNBC, NBC, CBS and Fox Television) to discuss his experiences and help others achieve success. When he’s not working, he is traveling with family and friends pursuing passions through adventures such as climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and hot-air ballooning over the Masai Mara.