Happiness

Happiness

Gary Kunath

Author, Former CEO innovator on value creation

Gary M. Kunath is the Founder and former CEO of the Summit Group.  He grew it to a global enterprise and was ranked as the top sales training companies in the world in the field of value creation by Selling Power magazine. Recognized as a thought leader in the area of creating business value, he was named Businessman of the Year for the United States and was formally recognized for this achievement at a dinner hosted by the President of the United States.  He has lectured in the Executive Education and MBA Programs of Duke University, University of Miami (Ohio), Emory University, Cornell University, Arizona State University,  University of Georgia and the Citadel.  He was a faculty member in the executive leadership programs of MARRIOTT, Lockheed, P&G, AT&T, and 3M.  He is an equity partner in Bite Tech; exclusive makers of the Under Armours’ high performance mouth wear and was ranked by Fast Company in the top ten most innovative companies in sports in the last 100 years, just behind ESPN.   

He is part owner of multiple professional minor league baseball teams  along with partners Bill Murray, Jimmy Buffet and Mike Veeck. Ranked as one of the top ten best service companies in North America, they are famous for innovation around creating fun and the customer experience. They were invited to become part of the ownership group of the Chicago Cubs baseball organization. He is author of the book “Life…Don’t Miss It” which shares with people how to maximize happiness, joy and contentment in life. Considered a pioneer around how to maximize workforce happiness, engagement, employee well-being and innovation, he speaks and delivers seminars on this topic to major businesses across the globe and to major business schools. His talks/seminars entitled “Happiness Is Calling…Energizing People For Peak Performance”, is considered to be one of the most important talks for businesses today.  His approach changes lives. It has been installed at businesses with people initiatives around employee/family well-being, health & wellness, employee engagement and innovation. He was featured in major media outlets to a circulation of over 75 million people worldwide.