Grant Schreiber (born Cape Town 1967) is a

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publisher, author and editor. He is the founding editor of Real Leaders, a leadership magazine that focuses exclusively on sustainability and ethical business. He is currently the Global Campaign Manager for a

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campaign on human security. He is known for interviewing influential figures and celebrities such as Sharon Stone,

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, Sheryl Sandberg and

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. Originally started as a members-only magazine for members of the

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(YPO) Schreiber relaunched Real Leaders as a mainstream title at

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, New York in September 2017. He is the author of a series of best-selling books in South Africa, that explore dark subject matter with humor, the first of which was: ''Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Kak?'' in 2007 and ''Complete Kak'' in 2011. He cofounded a book imprint in 2002 called Two Dogs and collaborated with South African authors in writing books for men. The books started a trend in South Africa, of books that tackled serious social issues with irreverent humor. In 2003 he was asked by the

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to redesign the new parliamentary mace, that replaced the old version used by the apartheid government. His artistic work on the mace is seen as a symbolic break with the past and a reinterpretation of national imagery, more suited to the post-1994 democratic elections, when

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was voted in as president. From 1986 to1989 Schreiber was a member of the Gardens Media Group, a group of activist artists from the

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that produced posters and graphic designs for anti-apartheid organizations. His screen-printed poster on the theme of workers’ rights was exhibited at the

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(MOMA)

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in March 2011 — “Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now” — and forms part of the MOMA permanent collection. He was interviewed by

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in 2017. His opinions and writing have appeared in

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, Inc. and ''

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