Draft:Samir Elias

Samir Elias Zehil is a Lebanese motivational speaker and the founder of Wydner Coaches & Associates. Samir adheres to the Brian Tracy school of thought. Brian Tracy stated that Samir is among the best motivational speakers in the world today. Samir addressed more than 205,000 people live across 40 countries.

Early life and Education
Samir was born and raised in a devout Catholic family. His parents divorced when he was 4 years old and his grandmother and father raised him.

Samir attended the French Catholic School “Ecole des Freres Chretiens” then he pursued a BA in Accountancy and Finance. Ten years later, in 1999, he attended Harvard University for over a year where he got specialized in Sales and Negotiations and Personal Development. Five years later, he got a Master’s Degree in Business from Lyon in France and a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting.

Personal Life
Happily married to May-Michele, née El-Hage, and father of 3. Samir appeared on the covers of 2 major Middle Eastern magazines, one of which was “Masculin,” and ”FOCUS” which gave him the title “Coach of the Nation.”.

Wydner Coaches
Samir founded Wydner Coaches in 1999 which started expansion globally in 2005 after its success in Lebanon. To date, Samir has live-coached more than 210,000 people around the globe and 2,300 companies in 41 countries with more than 4,000 talks.