Kendal Netmaker is one of Canada’s leading entrepreneurs and speakers. Growing up in poverty, raised by a hard-working single mother of 4, against the backdrop of a bleak economic landscape, Kendal rose above his circumstance and became one of Canada’s leading entrepreneurs. Kendal’s whole world changed when a childhood friend’s family showed immense generosity to he and his family. Their giving so inspired Kendal that his first company, Neechie gear —a lifestyle brand that empowers youth through sports gives a percentage of their profits to underprivileged youth programs.

To date, Kendal has founded and invested in 5 businesses, and won over 25 business awards, including runner-up at the YBI Global Entrepreneur of the Year. Kendal speaks professionally to thousands of people every year about motivation, leadership and the power of telling your story.

Kendal is on a mission to empower entrepreneurs and leaders around the globe by demonstrating that regardless of where you come from and what you have gone through in your life, you have the power to enact change. Become who you were born to be!

He lives with his wife and two children in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where he continues to run his company and provide mentoring and inspiration to others in the business community.