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Pete Vargas
CEO of Advance your Reach at Advance Your Reach
Pete Vargas is the founder and CEO of Advance Your Reach, a company that helps people grow their businesses and spread their message through stages.14 Known as the "Stage Whisperer," Vargas has been booking stages since 2003 and has directly booked over 25,000 stages worldwide, generating tens of millions of dollars in revenue.23
Vargas founded Advance Your Reach in 2016 with the mission to impact 1 billion people through 1 million stages by December 31, 2027.15 He has worked with notable figures such as Shark Tank's Daymond John, Ryan Deiss, and has shared stages with Michael Phelps, Robert Cialdini, and Brendon Burchard.23
Prior to founding Advance Your Reach, Vargas owned Speaker Pay Day & Advance Your Reach from August 2003 to November 2015.6 He studied Marketing at Midwestern State University from 1996 to 2001.6
Under Vargas's leadership, Advance Your Reach has grown rapidly, ranking #529 on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies.3 The company offers training and systems like the Stage To Scale Method and Signature Talk to help clients win stages and scale their businesses.13