Harvey Mackay
Harvey Mackay is the author of six New York Times bestsellers. His first two books – Swim With the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive and Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt—are listed by the Times among the top 15 inspirational business books of all time. Harvey’s newest book is The Mackay MBA of Selling in the Real World. Harvey is a nationally syndicated columnist for United Feature Syndicate with weekly articles appearing in 100 newspapers and magazines around the country. Toastmasters International named Harvey one of the top five speakers in the world, and he is a member of the National Speakers Association Speakers Hall of Fame. In addition, Harvey is chairman of MackayMitchell Envelope Company, a $100 million company he founded at age 26. Mackay has 500 employees and manufactures 25 million envelopes a day. Harvey received the prestigious Horatio Alger Award in the Supreme Court Chambers; was inducted into the Minnesota Business Hall of Fame; and played a key role in bringing the 1992 Super Bowl to Minneapolis. All of which is why Fortune magazine refers to him as "Mr. Make Things Happen."
