José Salibi Neto is one of the leading authorities in Management in Brazil. He is the co-author of 10 business books that have collectively sold more than a million copies, including the best-seller “Gestão do Amanhã,” a book that changed the way management is viewed in the country. His most recent book, released in June 2024, “A Estratégia do Motor 2: Como Tornar a Inovação Parte do Dia a Dia da Sua Empresa,” is already on the best-seller lists of Publishnews and Veja.
He is also the co-founder of HSM, a leading Executive Education company. During his tenure, he helped expand the company to more than 5 countries, including the United States.
Salibi possesses a rare combination of developing Management concepts, thanks to his experience with some of the world’s greatest management figures and his practical knowledge from successfully building a solid company that has lasted four decades.
His name is immediately associated with the introduction of key concepts of Contemporary Management in Brazil, provoking the transformation of thousands of companies, executives, and entrepreneurs in our country.
Salibi has lived and worked for over two decades with all the major management thinkers, such as Peter Drucker, Jack Welch, Jim Collins, Michael Porter, Philip Kotler, and world leaders like Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Al Gore, and Rudolph Giuliani.
Currently, Salibi acts as a speaker at events throughout Brazil and dedicates himself to helping companies and professionals reach their maximum potential and make decisions that can determine the future of their businesses and careers. He was a mentor to Edson Bueno, founder of Amil, for over 20 years. His clients include companies such as Algar, Oracle, Dasa, Unimed, Liberty Seguros, Gerdau, Volkswagen e Bosch, among others.
In his autobiography, Professor Philip Kotler dedicates an entire chapter to Salibi’s work, whom he calls an “extraordinary businessman.” In 2021, he was elected to one of the 50 seats in the Brazilian Academy of Marketing.
He graduated from the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina (USA) and obtained an MBA in International Business from the same institution. He is a member of the school’s Advisory Council and, in 2009, received the highest honor given to an alumnus, the Distinguished Alumnus Award.
In his youth, Salibi was one of the top tennis players in the country, having won several junior and professional tournaments in Brazil and abroad.