About Kenan
His books, lectures and educational programs have inspired hundreds of thousands of people across the region to take control of their lives and achieve personal and professional success.
As a Doctor of Economic Sciences, he was a long-time professor in the Department of Business and Management at the Faculty of Economics, University of Sarajevo, at Edward Bernays University College in Zagreb, at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and at the renowned Webster University Vienna. He successfully completed specialist studies in strategic leadership at the prestigious Harvard Business School, United States.
He began his career as a clerk and, based on his results, was promoted to higher and more responsible management positions. At the very peak of his career, for more than 10 years he successfully ran multi-million-dollar corporations and foundations. He has long been the owner of successful private businesses and is the founder of the Kenan Crnkić Academy.
He is the author of the university textbook "Strategic Entrepreneurship" (Faculty of Economics Sarajevo, 2012) and of an international monograph published in cooperation with Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He has published more than 50 professional and scientific papers in peer-reviewed publications and has taken part in more than a hundred scientific and professional conferences at home and abroad.
He has held a significant number of positions on management, advisory and professional boards, and served two terms as Vice-President of the European Entrepreneurship Committee. He is a frequent guest across all leading media, and his work on popular social networks is followed by more than half a million people.
About the founder
Dr Kenan Crnkić is the best-known motivational speaker and the most sought-after life and business coach in the Balkans.
He is the author of international bestsellers on success — "7 Secrets to Success", on happiness — "Beware Which Wolf You Feed", and on life — "Outlive Life".
With more than 400,000 books sold, he is considered by far the best-selling author of this type of literature in the wider Southeast European region. As the only author from this region to release an English edition of his books, he reached the number-one spot in the motivation and personal success category on Amazon. His books and works have been translated into a number of foreign languages and into Braille.
Alongside acquiring knowledge through formal education, he worked continuously — starting his career as an ordinary clerk and, based on his results, advancing through branch management to regional, operational and general director. At the peak of his career, with more than 10 years of management experience, he successfully led multi-million-dollar corporations and foundations, and has for many years also owned successful private businesses.
Through his expertise he became recognized and highly regarded in both domestic and international circles, holding a significant number of positions on management, advisory and professional boards, and serving two terms as Vice-President of the European Entrepreneurship Committee.
Dr Kenan Crnkić is a certified John Maxwell and Cambridge Executive Coach — who, through high-performance coaching, intensively helps some of the most successful names in business, entertainment and sport. He is a lecturer and transformational speaker, and one of the few people from this region to appear internationally alongside the biggest stars of this industry.
His inspirational video messages have reached a millions-strong audience, achieving tens of millions of views on his official YouTube channel alone.
He was born on 7 August 1977 in Zenica. He lives and works in Sarajevo. He is married and the father of one child.
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Businessperson of the Year
2010.
Manager of the Decade for Southeast and Central Europe
2012.
"THE NAME IN SCIENCE" (Ime u nauci) — special award from the Socrates Committee, based in Oxford, United Kingdom, for an outstanding contribution to science.
2013.
Golden Charter "LINUS PAULING" with plaque and gold badge – the highest honor of the International League of Humanists (ILH) for professional, scientific, moral and humanitarian work.
2017.
BOOKVANA — American literary award for the book "7 Secrets to Success", winner in the Motivation & Personal Development category
2024.
Ambassador of Knowledge — honorary title, Ljubljana, Slovenia
In education, coaching and motivating people across the region.
Translated into several foreign languages and Braille, over 400,000 copies sold.
An inspirational speaker at a large number of lectures and symposiums at home and abroad.
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