His first book Megatrends sold more than 9 Million copies. He is one of only fourteen nonfiction authors who had more than one book as #1 on The New York Times bestseller list since its beginning in 1946. His international bestsellers have sold more than 14 million books worldwide.

His latest book Mind Set! was published in the U.S. in Oct. 2006 and will be published in 36 countries throughout 2007. He is the world’s most sought after speaker on the future. He has lectured at universities in the U.S, Asia and Europe. He has spoken at almost all of the major corporations and countries, to audiences of a few and of thousands. His cultural life and residence in America, Asia and now Europe keeps him in touch with what is going on the ground – all consonant with his conviction that all important change starts bottom up. He is taking bearings and gives his audience the courage to do the same.

Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad was the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held the post for 22 years from from 1981 to 2003, making him Malaysia's longest-serving Prime Minister, and one of the longest-serving leaders in Asia. During his term in office, he was credited for engineering Malaysia's rapid modernization and promoting non-individualistic "Asian values". Tun Mahathir is also known for his criticisms of western and developed countries. During his administration, he was considered as one of Asia's most influential leaders. Mahathir is also noted in the Western world as an outspoken critic of Western civilization. Tun Mahathir retired on October 31, 2003. Upon his retirement on 31 October 2003, Tun Mahathir was awarded a "Tun"-ship, Malaysia's highest civilian honour.

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