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CEO & Founder of The Black Swan Group Ltd. | Bestselling Author of "Never Split the Difference" | Expert on Negotiation & Tactical Empathy | Former FBI Lead Hostage Negotiator

Chris Voss Speaking Fee: $50,000 to $75,000

CEO & Founder of The Black Swan Group Ltd. | Bestselling Author of "Never Split the Difference" | Expert on Negotiation & Tactical Empathy | Former FBI Lead Hostage Negotiator

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Speaking Fee:
$50,000 to $75,000

Travels From:
LAS - Las Vegas, NV

Primary Topic Category:
Business & Entrepreneurship

Secondary Topic Category:
Sales

 

Chris Voss Speaker Profile: At A Glance

Chris Voss is CEO of the Black Swan Group and author of the national best-seller Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It, which was named one of the seven best books on negotiation. Chris was the lead international kidnapping negotiator for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), as well as the FBI’s hostage negotiation representative for the National Security Council’s Hostage Working Group. In 2008, he founded The Black Swan Group, which specializes in solving business communication problems using hostage negotiation solutions. Chris teaches negotiating tactics at universities and organizations nationwide.

Chris Voss is the CEO and Founder of The Black Swan Group Ltd., a negotiation training and consulting practice. A Wall Street Journal bestselling business book, "Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It," written by him, was one of the seven best books on negotiation. Voss's methodology stems from more than two decades in the FBI as a lead international kidnapping negotiator, during which he developed his methods, coupled with actively applying them to business and personal negotiations​.Before starting the Black Swan Group in 2008, Voss also held the position of lead international kidnapping negotiator for the FBI and was the FBI hostage negotiation representative for the National Security Council's hostage working group. These included the explosion of TWA Flight 800 and the surrender of the first-ever hostage-taker at the Chase Manhattan bank robbery.He was highly trained by the FBI, Scotland Yard, and Harvard Law School and has received many prestigious awards for distinguished service.Besides his operational experience, Voss frequently provides speeches and lectures. He has taught business negotiation to MBA programs at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business and Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. He has been a guest lecturer at Harvard University, Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, and The IMD Business School in Switzerland.His insights have been featured by major media outlets such as TIME, Business Insider, and Fortune. Voss often keynotes the tactical empathy and high-stakes negotiation strategies that come from deep experience in crises. He insists that potential success is only achievable when all parties can understand things through the perspective of the other. His engaging and informative presentations make him a favorite for business leaders and organizations looking to up their negotiation skills and communications strategies.

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