Christopher Voss
- Former FBI Lead Hostage Negotiator and Authority in High-Stakes Negotiation
- CEO and Founder of The Black Swan Group Ltd.
- Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, 'Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It'
- Shares 9 effective principles for becoming more persuasive along with riveting, high-stakes stories of criminal negotiations
In Person-Fee 🛈
Fee Range
$50,000 - $100,000
Virtual Fee:
$30,000 - $50,000
Travels From
California
Never split the difference | Chris Voss | Talent Connect 2019
Chris Voss - Getting corrected is better than how it feels | Veeam 2023
Labeling Emotions Will CHANGE Their Perception Of YOU | Chris Voss
Never Split The Difference | Chris Voss | TEDxUniversityofNevada
7 Seconds: How To Crush The 1st Impression Finale - Chris Voss
CEO Chris Voss: Negotiate Like Your Life Depends On It | iConic Conference 2017 | CNBC
Christopher Voss Speaker Biography
Chris Voss is CEO of the Black Swan Group and author of the national best-seller Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It, which was named one of the seven best books on negotiation. In 2008, he founded The Black Swan Group, which specializes in solving business communication problems using hostage negotiation solutions. Chris has used his many years of experience in international crisis and high stakes negotiations as an FBI agent to develop a unique program and team that applies these globally proven techniques to the business world. Chris helps companies secure and close better deals, save money, and solve internal communication problems between senior management and employees.
Prior to 2008, Chris was the lead international kidnapping negotiator for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as well as the FBI’s hostage negotiation representative for the National Security Council’s Hostage Working Group. Before becoming the FBI lead international kidnapping negotiator, Chris served as the lead Crisis Negotiator for the New York City Division of the FBI. Chris was a member of the New York City Joint Terrorist Task Force for 14 years. He was the case agent on such cases as TERRSTOP (the Blind Sheikh Case–Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman), the TWA Flight 800 catastrophe and negotiated the surrender of the first hostage taker to give up in the Chase Manhattan bank robbery hostage taking.
During Chris’s 24-year tenure in the FBI, he was trained in the art of negotiation by not only the FBI but also Scotland Yard and Harvard Law School. He is a recipient of the Attorney General’s Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement and the FBI Agents Association Award for Distinguished and Exemplary Service.
Chris has taught business negotiation in the MBA program as an adjunct professor at University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business and at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. He has also taught business negotiation at Harvard University, and has guest lectured at The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, The IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland and The Goethe School of Business in Frankfurt, Germany.
Chris has been featured in TIME, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, Inc., Fast Company, Fortune, The Washington Post, SUCCESS Magazine, and on numerous TV programs including Squawk Box, CNN, ABC News, and more.
