Julio Zelaya believes in a world filled with great and noble dreams and the people who’ll reach them.

Founder and President of Emprende U (www.emprendeU.com), a leading Latin American corporation focused on development and implementation of corporate universities, executive education and specialized Entrepreneurship programs.

Holds a Post Doctoral Degree in Management and Marketing from Tulane University, a PhD in Psychology from Universidad Mariano Gálvez, an MBA from INCAE Business School and has various certificates in entrepreneurship and management from institutions such as MIT, Harvard, Babson, Cornell University and ASTD. Professor of several MBA and PhD courses in Latin America.

Julio is a bilingual, international speaker (Spanish/English) (www.juliozelaya.com) whose charismatic and inspiring style has led him to share the stage as a keynote speaker with some of the best in the world, the likes of Dave Ulrich and Sir Ken Robinson. He’s been involved in the training and formation of over 250,000 people in the continental US as well as other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, sharing on how to live with purpose and entrepreneurship as a lifestyle. He was a conference speaker at TEDx Guatemala City sharing on “The Gift of Dreaming”.

He co-authored the two best selling books “SuccessOnomics” in English with Steve Forbes and the book "Transform" in English with Brian Tracy.

He is also the author of the best selling book La Travesía: El Poder de Emprender / The Voyage: The Power of Entrepreneurship. www.amazon.com/author/juliozelaya.

Among his clients we find: Novartis, Kelloggs, Abbott, Walmart, Exxon Mobil, PepsiCo, Philip Morris, Henkel, World Bank, Chevron, World Vision, Save the Children, USAID, Merck, and others.

He has taught at conferences in Penn State University, Tulane University as well as in a number of entrepreneurial summits.

He was selected as one of America’s PremierExperts™ and has been featured on NBC, ABC, FOX and CBS television affiliates speaking on entrepreneurship and leading a life with purpose.