Harvey Mackay

Harvey Mackay (born October 24, 1932)[1] is an American businessman, author and syndicated columnist with Universal Uclick.

He is also a member of the National Speakers Association Council of Peers Award for Excellence Hall of Fame.

[6] Mackay held jobs from an early age, including selling magazines door-to-door, delivering papers, shoveling snow, and cutting grass.

[7] While in high school, Mackay clerked in a men's store during the week and worked as a golf caddy on the weekends.

[10] Mackay became the number one salesperson at Quality Park utilizing the connections he made at the country club.

[6] From 1977 to 1981, Mackay chaired Minnesota's Stadium Task Force, which lobbied for the building of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.

[13] The company created the MackayMitchell Photopak division, privately owned by Harvey Mackay and Scott Mitchell, and today is the largest North American supplier of photo envelopes.

[22] The following year, in December 1998, Ballantine Books published Pushing the Envelope, his fourth New York Times bestseller.

[26] Portfolio Penguin released his next book, Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door, his sixth New York Times bestseller, in February 2010.

[27] The Mackay MBA of Selling in the Real World, his seventh New York Times bestseller, was released in November 2011 by Portfolio Penguin.

He started writing a weekly column for United Feature Syndicate in 1993, which is published in major newspapers across the country.

[39] Mackay resides in the Twin Cities and Paradise Valley, Arizona with his wife Carol Ann.