Allon Raiz is regarded both locally and globally as a pioneer and maverick in the business-incubation

industry. He is the founder and CEO of Raizcorp which, according to The Economist, is the only genuine

incubator in Africa and which currently supports over 500 businesses.

Allon is the author of two best-selling entrepreneurial books – Lose the Business Plan and What to Do

When You Want to Give Up. He hosted the first national radio show on entrepreneurship in South Africa

in 2004; wrote and hosted the first South African prime-time entrepreneurship reality television show;

and created and published an ongoing entrepreneurial cartoon strip. Allon is currently hosting his sixth

season of the popular The Big Small Business Show on Business Day TV and is a regular columnist for

Entrepreneur Magazine.

Allon is a co-founder of the Entrepreneurs’ Organisation South Africa and Rural Roots and is on the

advisory and judging boards of numerous local and international NGOs and entrepreneurial awards.

His passion for and focus on the development of entrepreneurs attracted the attention of the World

Economic Forum (WEF) which, in 2008, recognized Allon as a Young Global Leader.

As an accomplished international speaker, Allon was invited to speak at the 2011 WEF Annual Meeting

held in Davos, Switzerland. In 2011, he was also invited to become a member of the WEF’s Global

Agenda Council on Fostering Entrepreneurship, making him one of 15 recognized global experts in

the field. More recently, he became a member of the WEF’s Global Future Council.

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