Ivan Misner
Ivan is the Founder and CEO of Business Network International, which was founded in 1985 and now has almost 2,400 chapters throughout North America, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa. Last year alone, BNI generated over 2.1 million referrals resulting in over $727 million dollars worth of business for its members.
A graduate of the department of political science at Cal Poly Pomona, Ivan completed his graduate work at USC. He is the author of 5 books (including the New York Times best seller Masters of Networking) and is a monthly contributor to the Expert Section of Entrepreneur.com. In July, his article, "Word-of-Mouth: The World's Best Known Marketing Secret, is on the home page of Entrepreneur.com. After that, it will be archived in the Marketing Section.
In addition to his work with BNI, Ivan is on the Board of Directors for the Haynes Children Center and is the Founder of the BNI-Misner Charitable Foundation. He lives with his wife Elisabeth and their three children in La Verne, California. In his "spare time," Ivan is an amateur magician and a black belt in karate.
