[2][3] New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Dr Joseph A. Michelli has hailed MindChamps as "a global education movement."
[4] MindChamps was founded in Australia in 1998 as an educational research centre in Sydney, by Australian David Chiem.
[5][7] It subsequently expanded its number of schools through a mix of company-owned, company operated centres, and as well as franchising.
[7] In 2019, the company was the subject of a book The MindChamps Way by New York Times and Wallstreet Journal bestselling author Dr Joseph A.
[8] In July 2023, MindChamps won a trademark infringement case in China over a "copycat" school in Xi’an, the capital city of Shaanxi province.