Jacob Werksman

Speaker Introduction

 Founder of Victory Strategies, Author, and Former Navy SEAL.

Jacob started Victory Strategies with his life savings to pursue his belief in the American Dream. Victory Strategies is a leadership development and coaching firm whose primary purpose is to help leaders grow and embrace the possible. He began by assembling a world-class team of professionals from the most elite communities to exist.

Prior to starting Victory Strategies, Jacob served in the United States Navy as a Navy SEAL. During his time in service, he was able to simultaneously achieve his Bachelors Degree in Organizational Leadership. Jacob is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and holds a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) from the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College.

Jacob is also a Harvard Business School Executive Education Leadership coach and provides strategic advisory to several other businesses and organizations throughout the world.

In 2019, Jacob was awarded a position in Orlando Business Journal’s 40 under 40 and in 2020, Orlando Business Journal named Jacob as a Veteran of Influence. In 2021, Jacob was named one of the Next 1000 Entrepreneurs by Forbes Magazine. Jacob has a passion for giving back and is actively involved with half a dozen 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organizations to include; The Orange County Florida Sheriff’s Foundation and The Orlando Police Foundation.

Jacob published his first book, “Leadership A Life Sport: a Playbook on what it takes to win as an individual and as a team” in 2020.