Billy Graham

Biography

Billy Graham is New Zealand's best-loved motivator and fitness advisor. He is bold, bouncy and brimming over with energy and enthusiasm.

He has spent a lifetime involved in sport and physical fitness. A former New Zealand and Australasian light welterweight boxing champion he has achieved success through goal setting and determination.

Billy delights in telling stories of his own life to show that anyone can make it. Having left school unable to read or write Billy took up butchering and later teaching physical education. He eventually started his own business and some of his talents were recognised when he appeared on Television New Zealand's programme "Made in New Zealand", which featured successful New Zealand companies.

Billy has designed a unique fitness product complete with endorsements the US Airforce Academy and Floyd Patterson - ex world heavy weight champion. No small achievement for a dyslexic who left school at 14!

Now in constant demand as a speaker at conferences and business functions, Billy has delivered keynote presentations in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and the UK. In June 1997 he was the main platform speaker at the Million-Dollar Round Table Convention in Atlanta, a New Zealand first, and received a standing ovation an audience of 5,000.