Michael Margolis is a master storyteller and trusted advisor to Google, Meta, and NASA. He specializes in communicating complex, technical, and disruptive ideas—without making people defensive. Often described as “one of the most thought-provoking speakers” audiences have heard, Margolis has a unique ability to connect big ideas to business strategy, technological disruption, and organizational change, leaving audiences inspired, empowered, and ready to take charge.
A trusted name in strategic storytelling, Michael Margolis’s frameworks are widely used by Silicon Valley leaders and beyond to influence at scale—whether to secure investment, create buy-in, or accelerate growth. His impact includes multi-billion-dollar initiatives, products with 100M+ users, and ambitious business transformations.
His books, including Story 10x: Turn the Impossible Into the Inevitable, are essential guides to narrative strategy, setting a new standard for tech storytelling. His insights have also been featured in Fast Company, TIME, Inc, NPR and Brandweek.
Focused on storytelling for innovation and disruption, Margolis provides clear, actionable frameworks that help leaders share impactful stories without making people reactive or adversarial. He shows leaders how to control the narrative—to win in the boardroom, in their category, and with their team. Addressing the inner game of leadership, he reveals how the stories we choose become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Margolis’s many chapters of reinvention—from misfit outsider to cultural anthropologist to global nomad—allow him to resonate with diverse audiences. The son of an inventor and an artist, he has a unique talent for conveying what is new and different. Long before storytelling was a buzzword, Margolis pioneered and taught others how to think in narrative. For 20+ years, he has empowered leaders to communicate complex ideas with ease, transforming high-stakes presentations into decisive action. He is trusted by leading institutions, including Facebook, Microsoft, Deloitte, Visa, Moody’s, and Walmart.
Now living in Los Angeles with his wife and young daughter, Margolis continually explores new ways to inspire, connect, and transform the world through storytelling.
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Margolis is an original thinker who never delivers a “canned talk.” As a polymath, he personalizes each message to the unique context, strategy, and language of every client. This approach allows him to create experiences that consistently exceed client expectations, with a 95% or higher positive rating from audiences. His talks are frequently described as ‘enlightening,’ ‘eye-opening,’ and ‘deeply actionable.’
