Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer grew up a bullied child of ridicule who vowed to one day do real magic and change the world. Today, he's known as the world's leading expert on sword swallowing as president of the Sword Swallowers Association International, founder of World Sword Swallower's Day, global TED speaker, coauthor of "To The Hilt: A Sword Swallower’s History of Sword Swallowing," and winner of the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine at Harvard for medical research on sword swallowing.

As a performer, Guinness World Records and Ripley's Believe It or Not! have proclaimed Meyer the "world’s top sword swallower" for his 40 world records and death-defying stunts featured in Ripley's cartoons, books, and museums, seen on 15 Got Talents including the finals of America's Got Talent, and Golden Buzzer winner on Sweden's Talang, seen by 800 million viewers on over 100 TV shows and live in 60 countries around the world.

A global TEDx speaker, Meyer enjoys inspiring audiences to cut through fear and do the impossible in their lives. His viral TED talk "Cutting through Fear" is now the most translated TED talk in the world. Dan lives in Phoenix, Arizona.