Guy Kawasaki is a celebrated technology executive, author, and entrepreneur, best known for popularizing the role of Chief Evangelist at Apple. His career is a definitive blueprint for launching groundbreaking products, building enduring brand loyalty, and leveraging digital platforms for influence. He currently serves as the Chief Evangelist of Canva, the graphic-design service focused on democratizing design, and is the creator and host of the influential Remarkable People podcast.
Kawasaki's professional journey began by applying his sales skills, honed in the fine-jewelry business, to the burgeoning tech world. His tenure at Apple in the 1980s was formative, as he evangelized the Macintosh to developers, a process he later repeated by rejuvenating the Macintosh cult in 1995. This experience led him to co-found several companies, including the software firm ACIUS and Garage Technology Ventures, a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage technology investments.
As a writer, his fifteen books—including Wise Guy and The Art of Social Media—have established him as a prolific thought leader whose work is taught in colleges globally. Beyond his commercial ventures, he has dedicated himself to democratization, first in computers, then design with Canva, and knowledge through his former role as a trustee of the Wikimedia Foundation. He also holds academic affiliations as an executive fellow at the Haas School of Business (UC Berkeley) and an adjunct professor at the University of New South Wales.
Today, he considers his most meaningful work to be the Remarkable People podcast, where he interviews luminaries such as Jane Goodall and Neil deGrasse Tyson, providing a "deep well of insight, humor, and inspiration." As a speaker, Kawasaki offers audiences actionable strategies on the art of evangelism, startup survival, and leveraging media to create enduring movements, all grounded in his firsthand experience building one of the world's most successful brands.
