Steve Kaplan (entrepreneur)
Steve Kaplan (born March 25, 1960) is an American entrepreneur, author, public speaker. Start of career. Kaplan built SCA- a 1300 employee, international marketing firm -before selling it to Snyder Communications(NYSE: SNC). In January 2000, SNC officially launched Bounty SCA Worldwide a division that organizes the marketing services businesses it has acquired over the previous few years. Kaplan served as the CEO of Bounty SCA Worldwide under Snyder Communications which was sold to Havas. Kaplan then served on the executive committee for Euro RSCG, one of the largest integrated marketing communications agencies in the world. Books. Kaplan  went on to write about these experiences of starting, building and selling SCA. He is the author of 3 books, two of which, "Bag the Elephant" and "Be the Elephant" are New York Times Bestsellers as well as Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Business Week Bestsellers. Bag the Elephant received the Benjamin Franklin Award as the Business Book of the Year. He is credited, along with Dale Carnegie, Tony Robbins, and Martha Stewart with contributing to The Sales Gurus, Lessons from the best sales books of all time . Kaplan is also credited, along with Tony Robbins, and Martha Stewart  with contributing to Masters of Selling . Theatre. He produced a musical Leap of Faith, which premiered on Broadway in April 2012. Leap of Faith received a nomination for Best Musical at the 66th Tony Awards. Section::::"Secret Millionaire". Kaplan appeared on ABC's show "Secret Millionaire" where he travels to the south side of Chicago to donate money to charities in need. Military tour. In 2013, Kaplan joined “Operation Hot.” Along with Chef Charles Carroll, Chef Robert Irvine, and others, he toured Afghanistan speaking to troops on getting jobs and starting businesses to better prepare them for redeployment back to the  US. World Arm Wrestling League. Kaplan currently is the President of the World Arm Wrestling League LLC and the Commissioner of the World Arm Wrestling League (WAL) Business ventures. Kaplan is a minority owner in eSports team Immortals.