Grant Cardone is a New York Times best-selling author as well as a Scientologist, entrepreneur, and business owner living in Miami. Cardone Capital, Cardone Enterprises, Cardone Training Technologies, and Cardone University are all privately held organizations where he serves as the CEO!

Cardone is also the founder and CEO of the Grant Cardone Foundation, which teaches impoverished youngsters in financial literacy. I mean, the guy has a lot of charitable experience and does a lot to aid underprivileged children. And, while he attributes much of his success to his membership in the Church of Scientology, I believe Cardone is just a naturally compassionate person (IMHO).

Grant Cardon is also a well-known public speaker and sales strategist, and Forbes has named him one of the world's top social media business influencers! According to some reports, he's the world's top crowdfunder (and with over $600 million in equity generated through social media, it's hard to argue otherwise).

His impact on sales and marketing is self-evident, but I'll provide some proof just in case. Cardone is not only the founder of the massively popular 10X Movement, but also the host of the annual 10X Growth Conference, which is billed as the world's largest entrepreneur gathering. More than 34,000 people from all over the world attended the last one!