Robert WhiteExtraordinary People
About Robert

A transformational architect.

Speaker, trainer, best-selling author, and mentor — Robert White pioneered transformational growth across the USA and Asia.

Robert White was raised in poverty, with significant physical and emotional abuse, and dropped out of college after one semester following the first of three heart attacks. From there he went on to found and lead two high-impact experiential learning companies with more than one million graduates.

He retired at 46 to a 14,500-square-foot home in Aspen with the love of his life — and then lost it all, his business and his marriage, with a great deal of hard-won learning from those mostly unpleasant experiences.

He spent six years leading leadership training and mentoring executives in China, and today is once again engaged in a fresh start: working as a mentor to executives committed to living extraordinary lives. Through it all, the constant has been this — Robert is, above everything, a learner.

“He's an interruption.”

Robert White
The Journey

Four decades of building leaders

Early career

Led Wilson Learning's sales-training programs, then served as President of Mind Dynamics, a pioneer of the human-potential movement.

Founder

Founded and led Lifespring in the USA and ARC International in Asia — building companies with hundreds of staff and millions of graduates.

Author

Wrote the best-selling book Living an Extraordinary Life, published in English, Mandarin, and Traditional Chinese.

Today

Mentors executives and teams committed to living and leading extraordinary lives, and shares his work through speaking and on-demand programs.

Clients Say

In their words

Robert is one of those rare people that always delivers extra insight to every situation. Great wisdom, coupled with flawless programs.
David Jamison
CEO, Jamison/McKay Advertising
Your valuable insights, counsel and ability to get management to focus on the key issues facing the company were of immense help to us.
Rupert Murdoch
Chairman, The News Corporation
A great resource — kind of like having Superman in your back pocket. I enthusiastically recommend him.
William Johnson
CEO, Scientific Atlanta

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