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Greg Shapiro

Writer Comedian
Boom Chicago Comedy Theater
Country or state 
Netherlands
Available to 
Europe
City 
Amsterdam
Fee 
Languages 
English,
Dutch
Volunteer
Yes

Personal Details

Bio

Greg Shapiro: Comedian. American. Dutchman. He has 20 years’ experience as Event Host, Keynote Speaker and Talk Show Host – for multinational clients such as Philips, Shell and ING. He has hosted events for the King of the Netherlands, French President François Hollande, and NATO.

Shapiro has performed at over 1000 corporate events: as Event Host; as Talk Show Host; or as Keynote Speaker.

Shapiro’s specialty is ‘Culture Shock Therapy,’ based on his books How to Be Dutch: the Quiz – and his latest – THE AMERICAN NETHERLANDER: 25 Years of Expat Tales.

You may know Greg from Boom Chicago comedy theater, Comedy Central, and as the voice of Trump in the ‘Netherlands Second’ video (with over 50 million views online). You may also know him from BNR, VPRO, ZDF, or from his YouTube show ‘Climate News Comedy.'

Current position (1)

Writer Comedian

Boom Chicago Comedy Theater

Achievements (1)
Author of three books

Greg Shapiro is the author of THE AMERICAN NETHERLANDER: 25 Years of Expat Tales (2020),
HOW TO BE DUTCH: The Quiz (2016) and
HOW TO BE ORANGE (2013).

Degrees (1)
Bachelor of Science in Speech Communication
Northwestern University
1986 to 1990
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Books & Articles (3)

The American Netherlander: 25 Years of Expat Tales
XPat Media,
2020
How to Be Dutch: the Quiz
XPat Media,
2016
How to Be Orange: an Alternative Dutch Assimilation Course
XPat Media,
2013

Expertise (7)

Entertainment & Art
Social & Political
Other
Culture Shock Expat Life Dutch Culture Climate change and sustainability

Clients

Philips
Ernst & Young
KPMG
The Dutch Consulate of Chicago / New York
The American Embassy of the Netherlands
European Patent Office
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals
ING Bank
Erasmus University
Aalberts Engineering
ASML
KLM
Logica
Tech. Univ. TU Delft

Awards & certifications (1)

Hero of Amsterdam
TimeOutAmsterdam
2009
Recommendations
Why choose me? 

I write books about being American in the Netherlands. Hence I am a combination of humble & awesome.

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