OWNER AND GROUP CHAIRMAN
Fortune magazine calls Tom Oliver “the mentor of the giants".
In a Fortune feature article about Tom Oliver and The Tom Oliver Group, Fortune describes Tom as “a coach and consultant of the world's top Fortune 500 CEOs”, who "works with the world’s most prominent and wealthiest billionaire families and billionaire entrepreneurs, and the most famous brands from Johnson & Johnson to Pepsi and Google.”1
CNN describes Tom as a “world-famous management consultant”,2 3and Bloomberg 4 calls Tom a “global management guru" and an “expert in empowering companies how to manage change, times of uncertainty, and crisis”.
Tom Oliver has earned praise for his work from:
- Famous entrepreneurial families like that of Warren Buffett13
- Self-made billionaire entrepreneurs like Forbes Africa’s 50 richest Tony Elumelu,14 the first president of eBay Jeff Skoll,15 16 and the founder of the Virgin Group Sir Richard Branson17
- Leading global conglomerates like Pepsi, Johnson & Johnson18 and Google19 20 21 22
- Financial leaders like The World Bank Group11 and Ernst & Young12
- Leading media companies including CNN,5 Bloomberg6 and Fortune Magazine7
- World champion athletes like Alexey Molchanov8
- Nobel laureates such as the Dalai Lama, Mairead Maguire, Shirin Ebadi and Desmond Tutu910
Oliver has won praise as:
- a consultant of the CEOs of the world’s leading and largest companies56 57 58 59
- a Fortune 500 coach and Fortune 500 consultant52 53 54 55
- an innovation guru23 24 25
- a world-renowned authority on disruptive innovation26
- a Silicon Valley expert27 28 29 30 31 32 33
- an international best-selling author34 35 36
- a leadership and creativity expert373839 40 41 42
- a legendary singer, songwriter, music producer and performer who has headlined music festivals around the world, and is a famous name in the international music scene43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51
Oliver has been awarded lifelong seats in some of the most influential think tanks of our time, together with a wide range of Nobel Peace Prize winners, deans of some of the highest-ranked business schools in the world, heads of state and billionaire entrepreneurs.6566 67 68
Tom Oliver has also been a visiting graduate MBA professor for subjects as diverse as innovation, change management, strategic human resource management and leadership.60In addition, Oliver is the founder of the Global Leadership Circle at the Alliance Manchester Business School, UK.61 62 63 64
Tom Oliver is also the Chairman and Founder of The World Peace Foundation (WPF) which is the independent charitable arm of The Tom Oliver Group.69
Tom Oliver and the World Peace Foundation have earned praise and support for their work from heads of state like Xanana Gusmão and Michelle Bachelet 70 71 Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, the former President of the United Nations General Assembly, Nobel Peace Prize winners such as the Dalai Lama , Mairead Maguire, Shirin Ebadi and Desmond Tutu, world-renowned business leaders like the CEO of Puma Jochen Zeitz and Sir Richard Branson of Virgin, and leading global conglomerates such as Virgin Unite, Puma and Google.7273 74
Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu called the inaugural event of the World Peace Foundation, the World Peace Festival Berlin in 201175 “the most influential peace gathering in history”76
Founder Tom Oliver Group
After supporting his father in setting up his own management company in Germany and leading it to great success and national acclaim77 , Tom Oliver founded the global Tom Oliver Group of which he continues to be the Group Chairman.
The Tom Oliver Group is the trusted advisor and consultant for many of the world's most influential companies, family businesses, market leaders and leading global conglomerates.78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85
The areas of expertise of the Tom Oliver Group include:
- Strategic planning and development
- Growth strategies
- Innovation
- Purpose-driven business
- Strategic human resource management
- Marketing & Sales
- Branding
- Putting the customer first: Achieving total customer-centricity
- Consumer Trends & Profitability
- Procurement and supply chain management
- IT
- Operations
- Risk & crisis management
- Sustainability and corporate social responsibility
- Tom Oliver Group Training
- Nothing is Impossible Leadership Institute
- Digital transformation and strategy
- Front-end and back-end of family business operations
Footnotes
- Fortune - https://www.fortuneturkey.com/devlerin-akil-hocasi-42228
- CNN - https://www.cnnturk.com/video/ekonomi/sirketler/tom-oliverdan-itibar-ve-kriz-yonetimi-tavsiyeleri
- CNN - https://www.cnnturk.com/haberleri/tom-oliver
- Excerpt of a Bloomberg TV special - https://youtu.be/DADky7224ek
- CNN - https://www.cnnturk.com/video/ekonomi/sirketler/tom-oliverdan-itibar-ve-kriz-yonetimi-tavsiyeleri
- Excerpt of a Bloomberg TV special - https://youtu.be/DADky7224ek
- Fortune - https://www.fortuneturkey.com/devlerin-akil-hocasi-42228
- GOLD MEDAL WINNER 13X WORLD RECORD HOLDER - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfPXEMFcehk
- World Peace Foundation - https://world-peace-foundation.org/testimonials-2/
- Desmond Tutu - https://world-peace-foundation.org/testimonials-2/
- World Bank - https://ideas4action.org/press-release-idealab/
- ERNST & YOUNG GLOBAL BOARD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cuPO27Ka7w
- Fortune- https://www.fortuneturkey.com/devlerin-akil-hocasi-42228
- Nothing Is Impossible- https://www.scribd.com/document/242376377/Nothing-Is-Impossible-Oliver-Tom-pdf
- Amazon - Nothing is Impossible - https://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Impossible-Realize-Maximize-Results/dp/0071831223
- Nothing is Impossible - https://www.scribd.com/document/242376377/NScribd.com Nothingothing-Is-Impossible-Oliver-Tom-pdf
- World Peace Festival - https://web.archive.org/web/20100922081016/http://www.worldpeacefestival.org/
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9L4hzaYpmA
- Google HQ Silicon Valley- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izUNfynwYu0
- Fortune - https://www.fortuneturkey.com/devlerin-akil-hocasi-42228
- Press Reader - https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/philippine-daily-inquirer/20180409/281998968030260
- CNN - https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/philippine-daily-inquirer/20180409/281998968030260
- Ateneo Graduate School of Business - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ateneo_Graduate_School_of_Business
- Ateneo Graduate School of Business - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ateneo_Graduate_School_of_Business
- Ateneo Graduate School of Business - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ateneo_Graduate_School_of_Business
- Harry Walker - https://www.harrywalker.com/speakers/tom-oliver
- The Buildungs Magazine - https://www.google.fr/amp/s/www.news4teachers.de/2018/09/laeuft-doch-super-auch-ohne-das-digitaldingsda-von-der-illusion-dass-alles-in-deutschland-so-bleiben-kann-wie-bisher-auch-in-den-schulen/%3famp
- German IT Leader Congress - https://www.it-daily.net/it-management/projekt-portfolio-management/19845-der-deutsche-it-leiter-kongress-2018
- German IT Leader Congress - https://www.it-zoom.de/it-mittelstand/e/branchentreff-der-it-leiter-21282/
- German IT Leader Congress - https://www.internetworld.de/termine/der-1-deutsche-it-leiter-kongress-nbsp-1580779.html
- Professorship For Business Information & Digitization - https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/digitalisierung-prof-pousttchi/aktuelles/aktuelle-artikel/prof-pousttchi-auf-dem-deutschen-it-leiter-kongress-2018.html
- German IT Leader Congress - https://www.pressewissen.de/2018/02/28/was-sie-als-it-leiter-2020-wissen-muessen/
- German IT Leader Congress - https://www.news4teachers.de/2018/09/deutscher-it-leiter-kongress-2018-deutschland-fehlen-die-digitalstrategen/
- Ateneo Graduate School of Business- https://global.ateneo.edu/news-events/2017/business-gurus-share-lessons-innovation
- Atenep Graduate School of Busienss - http://ateneo.edu/news/graduate-school-business-mark-50th-year-summit
- Ateneo De Manila - http://ateneo.edu/news/year-review
- CNN - https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/03/09/ad-summit-2016-come-out-and-play.html
- German IT Summit - https://www.cologne-it-summit.de/referenten/2016/
- Adobo Magazine - https://www.adobomagazine.com/philippine-news/ad-summit-pilipinas-2016-all-set-for-subic/
- Ad Summit - http://www.wazzuppilipinas.com/2016/01/ad-summit-2016-announces-new-speakers.html
- Philstar Global - https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/business-life/2016/03/11/1561186/world
- Ad Summit- https://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v7.aspx?Id=1920416&Page=0&overlay=false
- Riviera Buzz - http://riviera-buzz.com/uncategorized/item/ibiza-nice.html
- Fortune - https://www.fortuneturkey.com/devlerin-akil-hocasi-42228
- Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger - https://www.ksta.de/sag-zum-abschied-laut-servus-13453292
- Nice Premium - https://www.nice-premium.com/associations,73/nice-live-le-label-de-la-qualite-evenementielle-nicoise,11868.html?lang=fr
- Cot d'Azur - https://www.cote.azur.fr/evenements/ibiza-festival/
- Cote Magaxine - http://www.cotemagazine.com/upload/cotemagazine/magazine/COTE-LA-REVUE-DAZUR-AOUT-2013.pdf
- Ibiza Festival - http://www.easybeachbooking.com/en/news-detail/news/273-finish-the-summer-with-the-ibiza-festival-in-nice.cfm
- Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger - https://www.ksta.de/sonntag--27--august--13-uhr-13154362
- Cote Magazine - http://www.cotemagazine.com/upload/cotemagazine/magazine/COTE-LA-REVUE-DAZUR-AOUT-2013.pdf
- Cote Summit - https://www.cologne-it-summit.de/referenten/2016/
- Ateneo Graduate School of Business
- Ad summit - http://www.wazzuppilipinas.com/2016/01/ad-summit-2016-announces-new-speakers.html
- PhilStar - https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/business-life/2016/03/11/1561186/world
- Business gurus share lessons - https://global.ateneo.edu/news-events/2017/business-gurus-share-lessons-innovation
- Ateneo Graduate School of Business
- Ateneo Graduate School of Business - http://ateneo.edu/news/year-review
- German IT Summit - https://www.cologne-it-summit.de/referenten/2016/
- IAE NICE - https://mobile.twitter.com/iae_nice/status/1045608503262498816?lang=en
- University of Manchester - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byhwwj6kG8cEb0drSXVZLTVmUVE/view
- World Business Dialogue - https://www.world-business-dialogue.com/
- CSA Speakers - https://www.facebook.com/CSA.Redneragentur/posts/1024376497592138
- Top Global MBA Students - https://us7.campaign-archive.com/?u=ccb5aba1b49ca5c3b1b477c84&id=0d4e297a3d&e=fe36bb38a9
- Club of Budapest - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_of_Budapest
- World Business Academy Fellows / https://worldbusiness.org/fellows/tom-oliver/
- World Business Academy - https://worldbusiness.org/fellows/tom-oliver/
- Synergos - https://www.synergos.org/news-and-insights/2011/world-peace-festival-global-peace-index-build-momentum-peace
- World Peace Foundation - http://www.world-peace-foundation.org
- Michelle Bachelet's greeting to World Peace Festival - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh0lcNJmLQ0&feature=emb_logo
- World Peace Festival - https://web.archive.org/web/20100922081016/http://www.worldpeacefestival.org/
- World Peace Foundation - https://world-peace-foundation.org/testimonials-2/
- World Peace Foundation - https://web.archive.org/web/20110223135517/http://www.worldpeacefestival.org/
- World Peace Foundation - https://web.archive.org/web/20110223135517/http://www.worldpeacefestival.org/
- Desmond Tutu: World Peace Foundation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPzGeuGZLpo
- World Peace Festival - https://web.archive.org/web/20110309010624/http:/vimeo.com/12847014
- Erhart Kirfel - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erhart_Kirfel
- Fortune - https://www.fortuneturkey.com/devlerin-akil-hocasi-42228
- CNN - https://www.cnnturk.com/video/ekonomi/sirketler/tom-oliverdan-itibar-ve-kriz-yonetimi-tavsiyeleri
- CNN - https://www.cnnturk.com/haberleri/tom-oliver
- Press Reader - https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/philippine-daily-inquirer/20180409/281998968030260
- Bloomberg - https://youtu.be/DADky7224ek
- Monaco-Matin - https://www.monacomatin.mc/vie-locale/l-etat-d-esprit-est-plus-important-que-le-talent-119926
- CNN- https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/03/09/ad-summit-2016-come-out-and-play.html
- Google HQ Silicon Valley- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izUNfynwYu0