The Happy Human

Gopi Kallayil is Chief Evangelist, Brand Marketing, at Google; the founder of the yoga program for Googlers, called Yoglers; and the self-proclaimed "Happy Human," a title his business card bears above his name. Gopi is an avid yoga practitioner. He is also a triathlete, global traveler, and Burning Man devotee.

Gopi earned his bachelor's degree in electronics engineering from the National Institute of Technology in India and received two master's degrees in business administration, one from the Indian Institute of Management and one from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He has taught at the Wharton School and the Stanford University School of Business. A former McKinsey consultant, he sits on the board of the Desmond Tutu Foundation and has delivered more than 100 talks on topics as diverse as yoga, meditation, brand marketing in the digital age, innovation, the dharma of business, and technology for the greater good. He has spoken at TEDx, the World Happiness Summit, Yoga Journal LIVE!, and Wisdom 2.0. He's the author of The Internet to the Inner-Net and has released two music albums with a group he co-founded, Kirtan Lounge. Website: www.kallayil.com See less