Chris Guillebeau

Chris Guillebeau
Occupation	Blogger, Author
Language	English
Nationality	United States
Citizenship	United States
Education	International Studies
Alma mater	University of Washington
Subjects	Entrepreneurship, Travel
Notable work(s)	The Art of Non-Conformity
Spouse(s)	Jolie
[The Art of Non-Conformity The Art of Non-Conformity]

Chris Guillebeau is an American entrepreneur, author, and speaker. He is best known for his popular blog, The Art of Non-Conformity, and his book of the same name. He has also written guides for travel and small business topics under the brad Unconventional Guides. He organizes the annual World Domination Summit in Portland, Oregon.

The Art of Non-Conformity

Blog

The Art of Non-Conformity is a blog discussing entrepreneurship, travel, and personal development topics. Guillebeau's focus is helping people live life by their own rules using a "non-conformist" lifestyle. His blog traffic grew substantially after the release of a manifesto, A Brief Guide to World Domination, in 2008.

The site has an Alexa ranking of under 30,000, indicating that it is one of the top 30,000 most visited websites on the internet^[1] It is in the top 15,000 most visited sites in the United States.

Book

Guillebeau wrote a book under the same brand as his primary blog. The book focuses on similar topics. Guillebeau has stated that all proceeds from the book will be donated to Charity:Water^[2].

Media Coverage

Notable for his progress in a plan to visit every country in the world, his humanitarian efforts, and his writing, Guillebeau has been mentioned by many mainstream media outlets. He has been featured in The New York Times^[3], MSNBC^[4], The Washington Times^[5], The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Business Week, and Anderson Cooper 360^[6] on CNN, and Fox Business ^[7] in addition to other local and national news outlets.

Personal Life

Guillebeau volunteered with a medical charity in West Africa from 2002-2006. He cites that experience as a pivotal point in his life that led him to his quest to do community service and fundraising, topics featured in his writing. He lives in Portland with his wife, Jolie. He is attempting to travel to every country in the world by age 35^[8][9].

References

1. ^ http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/chrisguillebeau.com
2. ^ http://chrisguillebeau.com/the-book/
3. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/business/21flier.html
4. ^ http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42481393/ns/business-personal_finance/#.TrBkV0PiE8kM
5. ^ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/02/round-the-world-a-good-ticket-deal/
6. ^ http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/category/chris-guillebeau/
7. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtNE4JpwI2Q
8. ^ http://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/travel/the-practical-travellers-fantastical-five-year-plan
9. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/business/21flier.html