Rick Walker is the author of the forthcoming book: 9 Steps to Build a Life of Meaning: How to Unlock Your Mind, Happiness, Power, and Your Enemies' Demise.Rick is a renowned leader across multiple domains. As founder-CEO, he built a 400-employee company, scaled a 2,000+ team member nonprofit into 53 countries as Chairman, and recruited $5 billion of capital investments to his hometown to generate 5,000 new jobs simultaneously. His podcasts and talks communicate deep insights into how mankind functions, rooted in his acquired knowledge of ancient literature, world religions, strategy, and the arts. His central claim is that each of these domains communicates truth. His background beyond business includes serving as Chairman of a $150MM charitable foundation and director of a Middle Eastern religious college, concurrently. He hosted a popular talk show in 2021 featuring long-form conversations with the most powerful members of the US Senate, US House of Representatives, the Presidential Cabinet, Fortune 500, a billionaire, and fellow multi-domain polymaths. Regularly consulted by many of the most powerful families in the world, he has even met privately with a United States President. Rick currently works at a private equity firm he founded with 11 wealthy families and is the author of a forthcoming book on seeing through the world. He lives in Texas with his wife of 22 years and three mostly teenage daughters. His free time is consumed by sports, ballet lessons, and secret milkshake runs. His 3:30 AM wake-up call helps fit everything in.
