GRANT CARDONE is an International Sales Expert and author providing Motivation & Sales Training Programs to Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, success-minded individuals and entrepreneurs.

Cardone is an internationally recognized motivational speaker and is a New York Times best selling author. He is regularly seen on Fox Business, NBC, MSNBC, and Business Insider.

Cardone is the executive producer and star of "Turnaround King", a TV program created around his motivating solution-oriented business coaching.

Cardone hosts his own radio show, The Cardone Zone, where he entertains and educates listeners with tips and strategies to achieve greater success and break out of the Middle Class rut.

Grant Cardone first hit the sales scene in the car industry by revolutionizing automotive sales and marketing training approaches and dealership processes. Cardone’s Information Assisted Selling was coined as a non-confrontational customer-focused sales process for the 21st Century.

He has since customized sales training courses for organizations of all sizes. Clients include banks, financial consultants, real estate professionals, MLM companies, telecommunication, fitness, retail and boutique sales teams. Cardone’s online sales training courses have positively affected hundreds of thousands of people in organizations worldwide.

Not only is Grant a Sales Trainer, he is the author of five books on what individuals and companies must do to achieve success in the new economy:

1. "Sell To Survive" (2008) The definitive sales survival manual on how to SELL your way through any economy

2. "The Closers Survival Guide" (2009) The ultimate guide to completing the sale.

3. New York Times bestseller "If You're Not First, You're Last" (2010) Sales Strategies to Dominate your Market and Beat your Competition.

4. "The 10X Rule," (2011) The Only Difference Between Success and Failure

5. “Sell or Be Sold,” (2012) How to Get Your Way in Business and In Life.

Continuing the tradition of bringing innovative sales training tools, technologies and solutions to life; Grant has launched two, interactive online sales training centers CardoneUniversity.com and CardoneOnDemand.com (automotive sales training).

Grant is driven by a motivation to help others achieve success and is heavily involved in Civic affairs, charitable organizations and has been awarded commendations by The US Senate, US Congress, Los Angeles County, US Army and more.

McNeese University honored Cardone as a one of their Distinguished Alumni.

Recently, representatives from over 15 nations gathered at MIT for the Entrepreneurs' Organization Masters program to hear one of Cardone's Sales Training Workshops on how to utilize social media, customer relations and how to increase sales in any economy with any product or service. This program was part of the MIT Entrepreneurial Masters Program.

Cardone currently resides in Miami Beach with his wife, actress Elena Lyons and their daughters.

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