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When a psychiatrist changed career and raised $130 million in venture capital for his start-up.
Dr Naudts left a high-flying career in academic forensic psychiatry, to found and build his own start-up into one of the most successful new travel and media brands in the world, with offices in US, China, Israel and UK, and 100s of staff and contributors all over the world. At its peak, the site attracted nearly 20 million monthly visitors to our site and saw app downloads grow to nearly 3 million. Its social media following grew to 8 million, with their videos having been viewed ca. 2 billion times pre-Covid. During Dr Naudts's time at the helm of CT, they won almost 50 (!) awards, including App of the Day in US and UK by Apple, and 2 prestigious Webby Awards. This is the story of how he did it, the highs, the lows, against the backdrop of a decade of huge geopolitical, technological and personal changes.
To thrive in the 21st century, the most important skill a parent can teach their child today. It's not coding • it's knowledge about Chinese culture and history.
Dr Naudts has been an avid China watcher for several years, and keenly reads or listens to almost all China-related news and history he comes across in the major broadsheets, magazines, or podcasts. In the past 2 years alone, he read about 50 books of Chinese fiction and works on Chinese politics, history, language, art, tech and business. He recently also completed a Masters of Chinese Painting at SOAS in London. His passion for China goes back to his sinophile late mother and great-uncle, who lived in China from the 1930s to the early 1950s, 4 of which in a Japanese POW camp during WWII , and 1 of which in solitary confinement after the Communist Party came to power. Dr Naudts is also currently working on a novel, large parts of which are situated in Shanghai and Chongqing. This talks charts his personal and intellectual journey towards China literacy.
Dr. Kris Naudts is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as "Culture Trip" and "Becoming China-Literate".. The estimated speaking fee range to book Dr. Kris Naudts for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Dr. Kris Naudts generally travels from UK and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Morgan DeBaun, Garry Tan, Joe Gebbia, Megan Smith and John Collison. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Dr. Kris Naudts for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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