Business Network International (BNI) is an American franchised networking organization, founded by Ivan Misner in 1985. Currently BNI has over 270,000+ members in 10,000+ chapters in over 74 countries worldwide. Members meet weekly to discuss business and support each others businesses by sharing referrals. BNI claims to be the world's leading 'referral organization'.
In 2019, the organization says its members generated referrals resulting in over $16.7 billion (USD) in closed business worldwide.
In Sept 2018, this figure was $14 billion worth of referrals passed between members, with over 242,000 members worldwide in 8,653 chapters across 70 countries and 10.4 million referrals passed between them. It is one of the biggest networking organizations of its kind in the world.
In 2016, this figure was $11.2 billion business passed between members and their referrals (worldwide) and in 2017, $13.6 billion worth of business was passed. BNI was founded in 1985 by Ivan Misner.
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