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Vishen Lakhiani

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mindvalley

Last reviewed 11 September 2026

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Vishen Lakhiani at the Echelon Conference in Singapore, 12 June 2012. Cropped archival photograph. Photo by Shafiu Hussain (original photo), cropped by User:WPSamson. Source · CC BY 2.0. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.

Professional overview

Vishen Lakhiani is founder and chief executive officer of Mindvalley, an education business offering digital courses, an app and in-person learning events. His professional background includes computer-engineering studies and work at Microsoft before he moved into entrepreneurship. Mindvalley's own account traces its early business to a website selling meditation CDs, followed by a broader digital-publishing operation. The company launched A-Fest in 2010 and its Quests learning platform in 2016. Lakhiani has also written books including The Code of the Extraordinary Mind and The Buddha and the Badass. His business activity combines publishing, course distribution and organised learning experiences, with a product range that now includes entrepreneurship and applied artificial intelligence.

Current public business roles

  • Current
    Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mindvalley

Career & business timeline

  • 2010
    Launched the A-Fest event format.
  • 2016
    Launched Mindvalley Quests.

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Official sources & further reading

  1. Mindvalley — About Vishen Lakhiani (primary)accessed 2026-09-11Supports: Current title, professional background, product history and published books.

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