Tom Ryan

Tom Ryan is America's freshest, tell-it-like-it-is motivational speaker. His How to Kick Butt programs have redefined the suit and tie image of success.

Tom Ryan's take charge, jeans and t-shirt philosophies on personal achievement are changing America. His roller coaster life took him from being a self employed door-to-door salesman at age 18 to the president of his own multi-million dollar apparel company by age 25. Presented with the Nebraska Business of the Year award at age 28, the youngest in Nebraska state history, Ryan suffered through the loss of his marriage, all of his money, and his business by age 30. Forced to live out of the back of his pick-up truck and sell sweatshirts at flea markets, he never gave up his dream of success. With a $5000 investment from a friend's father, he built another multi-million dollar company. His life is now documented in the wildly successful book, One More Try, a Story of Entrepreneurial Passion. Now age 40, Ryan speaks to corporations on sales excellence and personal greatness along with traveling on the college lecture circut to over 50 colleges and universities each year.

Ryan's second book, How to Kick Butt in Everything You Do!, will be published in 1999. His How to Kick Butt newsletter has a nationwide audience of over 6000! Along with his writing and speaking career, Ryan is also a veteran triathlete competing in some of America's most grueling events: The Escape from Alcatraz, Hawaiian Ironman World Championships and Ironman USA at Lake Placid in August of '99.

After you experience Tom Ryan you'll understand why the London Times wrote, "One of the more famous [speakers] in the United States ... Ryan is a classic in-your-face-style motivator ... He has a classic approach born from the depths of the American Dream."