George Black

George Black is a business expert who guides entrepreneurs to focus their passions, build great companies and Live Truly Free. He is the author of The Next Level Entrepreneur.

George has help lead 19 companies to $1 Bn in combined revenues with an average 5x growth rate. This includes 6 startups and 1 turnaround. He has over 25 years of experience in 24 industries, as he has guided numerous other companies.

Most notably, he was a leader at Rackspace in the early years until they went public. Initially, he led the team that rolled out the financial metric: EVA, Economic Value Added.

Then, George help lead the development and implementation of strategy at Rackspace for 4 years using his proven, strategic process: The Next Level Navigator.

During those years he led all their corporate offsites with the top 120+ leaders across the company. Revenues grew 6x to over $500m and employees increased from 800 to 2,000 worldwide. Most importantly, Rackspace became the #1 in Managed Hosting, according to Gartner, and went public.

Now, George has launched Live Truly Free, a lifestyle for entrepreneurs, to guide many entrepreneurs and business owners to experience greater fulfillment and create sustainable, profitable growth.