Vijay Eswaran

Vijay Eswaran is a successful entrepreneur, motivational speaker and philanthropist. An economist by training, he is the founder and Executive Chairman of the QI Group of Companies, a multinational conglomerate with diverse interests including direct selling, real estate, education, retail and hospitality in more than 30 countries, He is also author of the best-selling book In the Sphere of Silence. Eswaran is a well-known thought leader in Asia and has written and spoken extensively about business, leadership, personal development and life management. When not traveling the globe on business, he is a passionate advocate for improving the quality of higher education in South East Asia. Eswaran is the recipient of numerous awards for entrepreneurship and business leadership and has been featured in Forbes as one of Asia’s Top 50 philanthropists. He is also on the advisory board of the World Economic Forum’s Global Growth Companies, and a regular speaker at WEF’s annual meeting in Davos.