YPO Builds Better Leaders

Put your executive leadership training in the hands of the best global community.
YPO is the largest global community for chief executives to engage, learn and grow. For more than 70 years, YPO members harness the knowledge, influence and trust of the world’s most influential and innovative business leaders to improve lives, businesses and our world. Across Africa, more than 1,000 members from 23 countries put their leadership development in the hands of YPO.
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Your personalized leadership journey

From day one, YPO opens a world of opportunities that spans borders, cultures and generations. YPO empowers members to customize their experience to create monumental impact for your business and your life.

Lifelong Learning

Learning and knowledge-sharing drives the YPO experience. Members gain access to thousands of high-value programs to help them become better leaders, build more effective teams, raise responsible children, or develop purpose that makes a difference beyond business.

Peer Community

As the largest global community of chief executives, YPO is the best place for leaders to connect with peers around the world and share ideas and learn from each other’s experiences. Members connect locally in 23 chapters across Africa, their homebase in the YPO community.  

Elevated Leadership

Through YPO’s most trusted connection points, YPO Forum and YPO Mentorship, members gain a confidential group that they can rely on unconditionally for honest insight and perspective. Theses mall group of members (Forum) and one-to-one relationships (Mentorship) share unbiased and insightful knowledge that challenges and inspires each other to grow, accelerating one another’s leadership development.

Industry Connection

The YPO experience expands exponentially through YPO Networks, more than 40 interest-based communities, including business, personal, impact and family. Business networks unite members in specific industries for targeted education and networking, unlocking instant access to the cumulative experience of thousands of global leaders in similar roles.

Whole Person

YPO knows that strengthening families is essential to building better leaders. At YPO, spouse/partners, children and entire families can grow together through a variety of programs, experiences and leadership opportunities that bring families together and nurture the next generation of leaders.  

Strategic Partnerships

The reach and connectivity from YPO membership includes potential opportunities with YPO’s global business media partners as well as unique learning experiences from Harvard Business School, London Business School, UN Women HeForShe, B Lab and more.

Membership Criteria

Criteria 1
Age

Under 45 years old

Criteria 2
Title

President, CEO, Chairperson of the Board, Managing Director, Managing Partner, or Equivalent title.

Criteria 3
Number of employees
  • 50 Full-Time Employees
or
  • 15+ Full-Time Employees
and
  • Minimum $2,500,000 USD Annual Employee Compensation
Criteria 4
Revenue by company type

Sales, Service, Manufacturing:

$15,000,000+ USD

Agency:

$12,000,000+ USD

Financial Institution:

$300,000,000+ USD AUM

or

Enterprise Value:

$25,000,000+ USD

By the numbers

Canada
19
Chapters
1824
Members
Explore YPO Canada
Western U.S.
39
Chapters
2941
Members
Explore YPO Western U.S.
Europe
82
Chapters
3517
Members
Explore YPO Europe
Africa
24
Chapters
960
Members
Explore YPO Africa
North Asia
20
Chapters
1089
Members
Explore YPO North Asia
South Asia
23
Chapters
1656
Members
Explore YPO South Asia
Pacific U.S.
58
Chapters
4017
Members
Explore YPO Pacific U.S.
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22 Million

Combined number of employees of YPO member-run companies

150+

Countries

1950

The year we were founded

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