Saroo Brierley - Hire Keynote and Guest Speaker

Saroo Brierley

A childhood lost, a family found, a world inspired

Saroo Brierley’s journey from lost child on the streets of India to bestselling author and subject of the Oscar-nominated film Lion is one of extraordinary resilience and hope.

Separated from his family at age five, Saroo was adopted by an Australian couple and raised in Tasmania.

Decades later, using only childhood memories and Google Earth, he tracked down his birth mother, reuniting with her 25 years later.

His memoir A Long Way Home became a global bestseller, inspiring millions. Today, Saroo shares his story with audiences worldwide, speaking powerfully on identity, belonging, resilience, and the transformational power of technology and determination.

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Key Points for Saroo Brierley

Saroo Brierley’s incredible journey from lost child to global inspiration was immortalised in the Oscar-nominated film Lion.
His bestselling memoir A Long Way Home highlights the resilience and determination behind his two-decade search for his birth family.
Using Google Earth and childhood memories, Saroo achieved the unimaginable, reuniting with his mother after 25 years apart.
As a speaker, Saroo offers powerful lessons on perseverance, identity, belonging, and how technology can reconnect us to what matters most.

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A long way home

Testimonials for Saroo Brierley

Saroo presented his well known story from his own personal perspective, giving many insights that were not immediately obvious in the film. He was genuine, engaging and also showed his own vulnerability to the group as well. Feedback from the delegates was very positive.
Victorian Association of Catholic Primary School Principals

Saroo Brierley was a very genuinely sincere speaker, he had the audience captured from the first moment. ... keep reading
Royal Hobart Hospital Research

Saroo Brierley was an excellent speaker and his inspirational story was very well received by our clients. They particularly enjoyed the Q&A component of Saroo’s address - his openness, honesty and heart-felt non-scripted answers. Saroo was a pleasure to work with, he communicated clearly with us and he was very happy to accommodate our ideas. We would definitely recommend him as a keynote speaker!
GHD

Saroo Brierley is very engaging. He totally holds his audience. He is very generous with his time and everyone warmed to him.
Enterprises & Training Company Limited

Amazing human, amazing speaker. Never met someone so famous but yet so humble. His speech made so many people cry, but also gave them a strong message of “not giving up.”
Project Management Institute
(PMI) - Melbourne Chapter

Great story of course and Saroo Brierley was very easy to deal with.
Choice Hotels