


Matthew Bennett
Leadership & Transformation Strategist
Matthew Bennett is a proven transformation expert across multiple industries: investor, business leader, published author, and media personality. With over 30 years demonstrating that disciplined execution outperforms credentials, Matthew brings systematic success principles to any lifecycle goal, business aspiration, or organizational transformation challenge.
Matthew has sold over 5 million books. His first book was a pregnancy guide written when he was single, with no kids, and zero medical background, selling over 3 million copies and co-published with Simon & Schuster. Media coverage included a two-page spread in People Magazine, front page of The Wall Street Journal, and dozens of national talk shows. Active in publishing since 1988, he has spoken to thousands and personally guided hundreds of authors on increasing commercial viability, repeatedly dubbed the "Simon Cowell of Self-Publishing."
As a life coach, Matthew has changed countless lives with direct, bold advice on everything from weight loss to relationships to addictions, with a recurrent role on Bravo's hit series Millionaire Matchmaker. He founded Premier Capital Insurance & Financial Services, selling millions in premiums and ranking as a top 10 national salesman with two major carriers. A marketing consultant for dozens of successful companies, Matthew has profitably flipped over twenty homes and manages a sizable real estate portfolio.
At GPS Summit, Matthew teaches universal transformation principles that apply whether leading publishing ventures, insurance sales, or AI Systems implementation. His frameworks focus on systematic execution, strategic adaptation, and building disciplined habits required to lead organizational change.
Core Expertise:
Transformation Through Discipline: Building systematic work habits that drive measurable outcomes
Strategic Adaptation: Thriving in unfamiliar territory by focusing on universal success principles
Leadership Mindset Development: Cultivating mental frameworks required to guide organizational change
Execution Over Expertise: Proving that disciplined action outperforms credentials in driving results
Matthew's philosophy:
Success leaves clues. Winners execute with discipline. Stop ironing your underwear and focus on what creates measurable impact.
SAG/AFTRA member since 1983, inducted into the Professional Bowlers Association in 2016 with a perfect 300 game. President of the Honors Collegium at UCLA (B.A. in Communications), guest lecturer for Anderson School Entrepreneur MBA Program.
