Jay Papasan

Jay Papasan is a bestselling author, CEO, and executive coach, best known as the co-author, with Gary Keller, of The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results, a #1 Wall Street Journal business bestseller that has sold more than 4 million copies in over 40 languages. He has co-authored multiple other bestselling business and real estate books, including The Millionaire Real Estate Agent and The Millionaire Real Estate Investor, and has written or co-written a total of around 12 books, with combined sales approaching 7 million copies worldwide. Papasan serves as CEO of Produktive (the company behind The ONE Thing methodology), hosts The ONE Thing podcast, and has held leadership roles at Keller Williams Realty International—described as the world’s largest real estate company—where he has been vice president of publishing/strategic content and co-founder or co-owner of KellerINK, Keller Capital, and Papasan Properties Group in Austin, Texas.

Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Papasan attended the University of Memphis before spending several years in Paris working as a translator, then earned a graduate degree in writing from New York University and began his publishing career as an editor at HarperCollins in New York. After relocating to Austin, he joined Keller Williams Realty International and in 2003 co-authored *The Million