Spencer Matthews
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Guinness World Record holder who ran 30 marathons in 30 desert days
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Founder of CleanCo the world's #1 independent non-alcoholic spirits brand
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Speaks candidly on addiction, resilience and personal transformation
Spencer Matthews has built two very different reputations: one as the entrepreneur behind CleanCo, a brand that disrupted its market and scaled fast, and another as a man who has pushed his body through some of the toughest physical tests imaginable. Together, they give him a rare perspective on what it actually takes to build something, break something down, and rebuild it stronger.
An addiction specialist once gave Spencer a stark warning: keep drinking, and he risked losing everything, potentially even his life. That warning became a turning point. Rather than quietly moving on from it, Spencer rebuilt his life in public, using the discomfort of his past as fuel rather than something to hide from.
The scale of that change is best measured in miles. He ran 30 marathons in 30 days across the Jordanian desert, a Guinness World Record, converting years of self-directed anger into something closer to pride. He then raised the bar further, completing seven Ironman triathlons on seven continents inside four weeks — a challenge designed less to prove anything to anyone else, and more to keep widening the gap between the person he was and the person he's building himself into.
Millions have followed that journey, and many have credited it with pushing them to confront their own struggles. Spencer now extends that same mission through the Untapped Podcast, made with the High Performance team, where conversations with elite athletes, scientists and thinkers explore how much further any of us might be capable of going.
On stage, Spencer doesn't deliver a rehearsed keynote. His appearances take the form of live interviews and fireside chats, where audiences hear direct, unscripted answers on resilience, business disruption, personal transformation and high performance, drawn straight from experience rather than a script.
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Renowned explorer, extreme athlete and 5x Guinness world record holder