Igor Beuker
Igor Beuker
/////A misfit on a mission

FROM FOSTER HOMES
TO FORTUNE 500 BOARDROOMS

SPEAKER · ENTREPRENEUR · FUTURIST · CAUSE ARTIST

Kicked out of professional football. Expelled from university. Raised by grandparents who threw him a lifeline when he fell into the gutter.

Stage 2 of his life: 10 years as CMO; built and sold 3 marketing firms from scratch to WPP (5 exits); angel in 24 social startups.

Rock bottom and reinvention became the foundation on which he built everything.

A winner is a dreamer who never quits.
Inherited from his grandparents

From the gutter to the main stage.

Igor inherited the above punchline from his grandparents. They raised him, threw him a lifeline when he fell
into the gutter, and taught him 1 thing above all: speak the truth and fight for justice, even if it costs your life.

A life without freedom is not a life. Years later, doctors handed him the invoice: stage 4 lymphatic cancer,
6 to 12 months to live. He paid it, beat it, and kept the receipt.

Uncensored. Unbought. His own.

A man who has already paid the highest price doesn't negotiate with fear. Igor is 100% independent.
Mentally, in hardship. Financially, with a net worth of $250 million. No bribes, no sponsors, no collaborations,
no media advertising, no deep state on the payroll. Nothing to sell, nothing to protect, nobody to please.

100% of his speaking fees fund social innovation. It buys him the rarest thing in this industry: the freedom
to say what he sees to world leaders, governments, boardrooms, Big Tech CEOs, and false prophets.
Most futurists carry a paymaster and an ideology. Igor carries neither.

No scary ideology, no need for the money. Uncensored, unbought, and his own.

Big dreams. Bigger action.

Technology can empower or control humanity. Igor chose his side: big dreams put into action,
and millions of entrepreneurs inspired to be a force for good.

Sir Richard Branson, Novak Djokovic, and Max Verstappen invited Igor to speak.
From boardrooms to locker rooms, cause artists and athletes follow him.

He did not join the digital wave. He helped build the surfboard.

10 years at C-level as CMO at listed companies, backed by a multi-billion-dollar corporate track record.
Co-founder of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) in 1997, when most boardrooms
still thought the internet was a fax machine with ambition. Chaired it for 5+ years.

Jury member at the Cannes Lions and the Webby Awards. Yes, they let a misfit grade
the media industry's homework. The kid they expelled now hands out the grades.

He does not need your money.
That is why boards trust his forecasts.

A prolific investor in crypto, Bitcoin, and tech private equity. Igor made $200 million across those markets,
plus early positions in Uber, Airbnb, Tesla, Google, Facebook, and SpaceX.
80% of it goes to social innovation.

On top of that, he built a $45 million speaking empire, and 100% of it funds his social startups.

Why print the numbers? Because Igor is transparent on purpose.
Mystery is for magicians. Receipts are for forecasters.

Mad Men vs Math Men.

"Advertising may win quarters. Innovation wins decades." Igor envisioned it 25 years ago and turned it into
a weapon of mass affection, aka his signature framework and methodology: Mad Men vs Math Men.
Traditional incumbents, the Mad Men, burn billions on campaigns and backward-looking market research
and call it strategy. Math Men skip the pitch deck and become the new business case.

Igor flipped the funnel himself, then cashed in the lens when Sir Martin Sorrell, WPP/GroupM (NYSE: WPP),
acquired 3 marketing firms. Today it is his most booked keynote, and 1 sentence no boardroom forgets.
The sequel? From Mad Men to Math Men to Machine Protocols.

Exhibit A, below: AI tech talk with Max Verstappen in 2017.
5 years before ChatGPT. That is what a timestamp looks like.

5Company exits
84%Prediction accuracy
25Years live on stage
2,500+International talks

In the spotlights. Behind the scenes.

Born May 24. Gemini. The Twins. The stars promised 2 personalities in 1 body, and the stars delivered.
Twin 1 gets anxiety walking into a housewarming alone. Twin 2 jumps a stage in front of 20,000 people and calls it home.
Book 1, get 2. No extra charge.

Twin 1

In the spotlights

Futurist and marketing innovation keynote speaker, seer for leading brands and events. He coins the trends and technologies that disrupt business, the economy, and society before they have names. 2,500+ keynotes, 141 countries,
84% prediction Accuracy Rate. Reliable voice. Rave reviews. Igor puts butts in seats.

Twin 2

Behind the scenes

Serial entrepreneur and angel investor, seer for founders and social startups. He backs founders and moonshots that rewrite industries before incumbents notice.
5 exits, 24 social startups, Rolling Stone Culture Council changemaker.
Bold moves. Big exits. Real impact. Igor walks the talk.

/////The Karate Kid had Mr. Miyagi. The remake got Mr. Han. Igor found 3.

Every misfit needs a sensei.

The Mr. Miyagi

Michael J. Moon

His Mr. Miyagi from Oakland taught him to develop brand strategies that resonate with screenagers.

The Mr. Han

Sir Richard Branson

His barefoot billionaire, Mr. Han, taught him how
to create buzz PR and "screw it, let's do it."

The sensei in a suit

Sir Martin Sorrell

Acquired Igor's 3 marketing firms for WPP
and taught him global media secrets that scale.

Home is whatever seat reclines.

Born in Amsterdam. Raised by the world. Dutch, Israeli, Spanish, and Italian descent. He lived in London, New York City, and Los Angeles before the road became the address. A full-time touring speaker: 141 countries. Planes, trains, cars, and boats. And sometimes, if the calendar behaves, home for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

When he does make it back to Ibiza, the schedule flips. Fitness, oceans, and water sports. Movies and music. Magazines and books. Hardcopy. Yes, a futurist who reads on paper. The irony is not lost on him.

On stage. In your boardroom. On air. In your corner.

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Yes, the man who swore exits beat books is finally writing one.

The book could be dubbed Misfits, and it is not a memoir. It is a manual for the kicked-out,
the dropped-out, and the counted-out who refuse to stay down. Because misfits, rebels, and troublemakers
push the human race forward. And yes, the contradiction is noted. Twin 1 spent 25 years saying exits beat books.
Twin 2 is writing one anyway. Call it Gemini. Call it hypocrisy. Call it being human. Igor answers to all 3.
The full story is in the book (2027).