| Personal Details Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name | Eric Edmeades |
| Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | March 18, 1970. As of 2025, he is around 55 years old. |
| Wedding & Marriage / Wife / Engaged / Spouse / Partner | Married. Check the full bio for relationship details. |
| Children / No. of Kids | 2 |
| Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Is Eric Edmeades Canadian? | Eric was born into apartheid-era South Africa and immigrated to Canada with his family. |
Wiki Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- A successful businessman, serial entrepreneur and professional speaker, Eric Edmeades is best known for his motivational speaking and desire to promote the welfare of others.
- Eric is an inspirational figure empowering people to live, compelling, enjoyable and rewarding lives.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Eric now lives in the Turks and Caicos Islands, but was born in Pretoria, South Africa on March 18, 1970.
- He married his long term girlfriend in 2012 and they have two children – a young daughter and a son.
- The couple splits their time between being at home, touring the world to empower others and kiteboarding.
Early Life and Education :
- Eric’s parents moved to Canada when he was young where he was educated at Saint Johns School of Alberta.
- On leaving school, Eric didn’t have the means to carry on with further education and had to go straight out into the workforce.
- As a young man, Eric struggled with allergies and digestive issues as well as many other health problems. This led him to years of research into the fields of human health, evolution biology and the history of humans. He realised that changing his diet plan would help cure his ailments.
Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth :
- For the last 20 years Eric has bought up, improved, turned around, and sold various businesses around the world.
- The first company that he founded was Ryzex in 1990, over five years he built it up to employ over 100 people. Later, Eric moved to the United Kingdom to launch a branch there.
- Once established in the United Kingdom, Eric started up his next business in his living room. He became the owner and managing director of The ITR Group, which was focused on data capturing, mobile computing, wireless networking and barcoding.
- After eight years living in the United Kingdom, Edmeades was elected as Chairman of YES group, an organisation focusingd on personal and business development.
- In 2009, he moved to Kerner Optical as a managing partner and had bought them out by 2010 The Kerner Group is a spinoff of Lucas Films that works on producing special effects and film technology.
- Eric sits on the Board of Advisors for TEDxMarin.
- A health fanatic, he also founded WildFit to inspire people, particularly children, achieve and experience outstanding health.
- Every two years, Eric runs the AZAYA health and well-being retreat for clients to help them evaluate their lives.
Speaking Assignments and Work as an Author :
- Edmeades is in regular demand to speak at business, marketing and technology conferences and film festivals worldwide.
- Since 2016, Eric has been a faculty member and speaker on Food and Nutrition, Speaking and Business at MindValley University in Malaysia.
- The Business Freedom Speaking Academy benefits from Eric’s expertise as he is a speaker & trainer for them.
- In August 2019, he co-founded ‘Speaker Nation’, an international development network for aspiring professional speakers.
- Eric has had two books published ‘Intombi’ a dog’s eye view of survival in the African wilderness and ‘The Stage Effect’ which looks at how to strike the balance between confidence and humility.
Interesting Facts and Trivia :
- To escape the noise and relax, Eric likes to meditate.
- Besides his work, his other passions are nature conservation, wildlife photography and disaster relief.