The Big Story: At age 15, Stephen Larsen underwent corrective heart surgery when it was still experimental. He has had three open heart surgeries and was clinically dead for nearly 6 hours. His life has been marked by six distinct threads—health challenges, automotive passions, business ventures, family connections, motorcycle adventures, and spiritual questioning—each element playing its vital role. His story reminds us that everyone's life is shaped by fundamental forces: our relationships, our work, our beliefs, our passions and our challenges.
Why It Matters: We all have our own threads—the different passions, challenges, relationships, and questions that shape our character form who we are. While the details differ, we all navigate loss and discovery, success and failure, fear and courage. The key is recognizing how to embrace life's full spectrum of experiences, and how they weave together to create something unique and meaningful.
Key Messages: Medical marvel, multifaceted business man, car and motorcycle enthusiast, father, spiritual seeker Steve Larsen has a rich life to share. He is available to discuss:
Healing a broken heart (literally) AND
Healing from a broken heart
Start-up business strategies from a 9-time winner
How what you know may depend on who you meet along the way
Slow to CEO: Why intelligence isn’t a one-dimensional concept
Adventures in the fast lane: motorcycles, automobiles and the comaraderie that comes with the ride
Religious evolution from the comforting certainties of childhood faith to the nuanced complexities of adult skepticism: ethics, truth, morals, parenting, and more
The Source: Steve Larsen is a man of many dimensions. A serial entrepreneur who helped shape the digital age, his companies created technologies that would later power Facebook, Google and Amazon.com. Through three open-heart surgeries and the devastating loss of a son, he’s demonstrated the same fierce resilience in his personal life that propelled his entrepreneurial success. A natural explorer, Steve has carved his way through 18 countries and 43 states on two wheels, chronicling his motorcycle odysseys in top-tier riding magazines for more than two decades. His new book, My Heart Has Been in it from the Start, recounts his personal journey and highlights the power of the human spirit. Learn more at SteveLarsen.