Website: http://www.rzim.org/default.aspx
Approximate age: Between thirty five and sixty seven.
Additional information: "For forty years Ravi Zacharias has spoken all over the world and in numerous universities, notably Harvard, Princeton, and Oxford University. He has addressed writers of the peace accord in South Africa, the president's cabinet and parliament in Peru, and military officers at the Lenin Military Academy and the Center for Geopolitical Strategy in Moscow. At the invitation of the President of Nigeria, he addressed delegates at the First Annual Prayer Breakfast for African Leaders held in Mozambique.
Dr. Zacharias has direct contact with key leaders, senators, congressmen, and governors who consult him on an ongoing basis. He has addressed the Florida Legislature and the Governor?s Prayer Breakfast in Texas, and has twice spoken at the Annual Prayer Breakfast at the United Nations in New York, which marks the beginning of the UN General Assembly each year. As the 2008 Honorary Chairman of the National Day of Prayer, he gave addresses at the White House, the Pentagon, and The Cannon House. He has had the privilege of addressing the National Prayer Breakfasts in the seats of government in Ottawa, Canada, and London, England, and speaking at the CIA in Washington, DC.
Born in India in 1946, Dr. Zacharias immigrated to Canada with his family twenty years later. He pursued a career in business management before speaking and writing. Dr. Zacharias has been a visiting scholar at Cambridge University, where he studied moralist philosophers and literature of the Romantic era, and has been honored with the conferring of three doctoral degrees, including a Doctor of Laws. He is presently Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University in Oxford, England.
Dr. Zacharias has authored or edited over twenty books including the Gold Medallion winner Can Man Live Without God(Word, 1994), Walking from East to West (Zondervan, 2006),The Grand Weaver (Zondervan, 2007), The End of Reason: A Response to the New Atheists (Zondervan, 2008), and Beyond Opinion (Thomas Nelson, 2008), which includes contributions from Ravi Zacharias International Ministries' global team. His latest books areWhy Jesus, released by FaithWords in January 2012, and Has Christianity Failed You? (Zondervan, 2010). Several of his books have been translated into Russian, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Spanish, and other languages.
Dr. Zacharias is recognized as a distinguished lecturer with the Staley Foundation and has appeared on CNN, Fox, and other international broadcasts. His weekly radio program, "Let My People Think," is aired on more than 1700 outlets worldwide, his weekday program, "Just Thinking," on 475, and his one-minute "Just a Thought," on more than 100. Additionally, various broadcasts are translated into Romanian and Turkish, while "Let My People Think" airs as the Spanish-language program "Pensemos" on nearly 200 outlets in seventeen countries. He is Founder and President of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with additional offices worldwide."-From http://www.rzim.org/aboutus/ravizacharias.aspx. Videos:
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