UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
REPORT
OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO
RULE
13A-16 OR 15D-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For
the month of October, 2023
Commission
File Number: 001-41353
Genius
Group Limited
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
8
Amoy Street, #01-01
Singapore
049950
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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Exhibit
Index
Exhibit
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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GENIUS
GROUP LIMITED |
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Date:
October 18, 2023 |
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By: |
/s/
Roger James Hamilton |
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Name: |
Roger
James Hamilton |
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Title: |
Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman
(Principal
Executive Officer) |
Exhibit
99.1
Two
Leading Experts in AI, VR and Exponential Technologies
Appointed
to the Genius Group Board
SINGAPORE,
October 18, 2023 - Genius Group Limited (NYSE American: GNS) (“Genius Group” or the “Company”), a leading
entrepreneur edtech and education group, today announced the addition of Salim Ismail and Eric Pulier to the Genius Group Board. These
two business leaders bring extensive knowledge and experience in exponential technologies, including AI, VR, Web3 and the technologies
central to the company’s Edtech growth plans.
Salim
Ismail is the lead author of international bestseller “Exponential Organizations” and “Exponential Organisations
2.0, The New Playbook for 10x Growth & Impact”, recently published following the launch of ChatGPT and the new age of AI. Salim
is also the Founder of ExO Works and OpenExO. His ExO model has been implemented in Fortune 500 companies, institutions and governments
to build entrepreneurial, high growth teams utilising the latest disruptive technologies and practices.
Salim
is on the Board of XPRIZE Foundation, which uses large-scale global incentive competitions to crowdsource solutions to the world’s
grand challenges. These include multi-million dollar, high profile competitions from the $10 million Ansari XPRIZE for private spaceflight
to the $15 million Global Learning XPRIZE to the $100 million Carbon Removal XPRIZE funded by Elon Musk.
Salim
is also Founding Executive Director of Singularity University and co-founded of a number of tech companies (Confabb, PubSub Concepts
and Angstro, acquired by Google in 2010) and was Head of Brickhouse, Yahoo!’s internal incubator for new products.
Salim
brings his expertise in consulting with and building exponential organisations to Genius Group, which was itself founded using the 11
principles of the ExO model.
On
being appointed to Genius Group’s Board, Salim Ismail said “Within our ExO model, we define an Exponential Organization
as one whose impact or output is disproportionately large - at least 10x larger - compared to its peers because of the use of new organization
techniques that leverage accelerating technologies. Since first meeting with Roger Hamilton a decade ago, I’ve seen him launch
and grow Genius Group using the ExO model, and I’m now excited to be joining the Board as the company harnesses today’s exponential
technologies to transform education.”
Eric
Pulier is the CEO and Founder of Vatom Inc, the world’s leading enterprise grade human engagement platform. Pulier has raised
over one billion dollars for ventures he has founded or co-founded, for pioneering initiatives in internet professional services, API
management, open source, service architectures, cloud computing, and virtual spaces. In 2015, Mr. Pulier proposed and built the world’s
first programmable non-fungible token (Vatom Smart Assets) and proposed a roadmap for blockchain-based digital objects to become the
future of human engagement. Eric has also served as a member of the X Prize Innovation Board, Board of the Painted Turtle, and co-creator
of Starbright World—an early metaverse for kids with serious illnesses.
The
Vatom Platform leverages AI, gamification, virtual spaces, and a consumer-friendly digital asset wallet, to power Genius Group’s
Genius Metaversity, with plans for AI NPCs (Non-Player-Characters) that can accompany and interact with explorers in mixed reality.
On
joining the Genius Group Board, Eric Pulier said “Education is one of the best applications of the next generation of artificial
intelligence, dynamic digital objects, virtual reality and augmented reality. With the rapid development in the speed with which Generative
AI can create new environments, and conduct real-time personalized conversations, it’s only a matter of time before Edtech companies
that fully embrace this new world will disrupt the current education system at scale. I’m excited to be joining the Genius Group
board at this pivotal moment, and I share Roger’s and the Genius team’s commitment to revolutionizing the future of learning.”
Roger
Hamilton, CEO of Genius Group said “I am extremely happy to be welcoming Salim and Eric to the Genius Group Board. They are
two extraordinary leaders who share our mission of preparing students, leaders, entrepreneurs and organisations for the fast changing
future ahead of us. Finding experts versed in the latest exponential technologies who have extensive experience as both entrepreneurs
and investors, together with stellar reputations and a purpose-driven mindset is extremely difficult. To be welcoming two such experts
to our Board at the same time is fantastic, and very timely based on our growth plans.”
Salim
Ismail and Eric Pulier replace Nic Lim and Anna Gong, who are stepping down from the Genius Group Board. The Board approved the new members
and resignations at its Board Meeting on 16 October 2023.
About
Genius Group
Genius
Group is a leading entrepreneur Edtech and education group, with a mission to disrupt the current education model with a student-centered,
life-long learning curriculum that prepares students with the leadership, entrepreneurial and life skills to succeed. Through its learning
platform, GeniusU, the Genius Group has a member base of 5.4 million users in 200 countries, ranging from early age to 100.
For
more information, please visit https://www.geniusgroup.net/
Investor
Notice
Investing
in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks, uncertainties
and forward-looking statements described in our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F, as amended for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2022, filed with the SEC on June 6, 2023 and August 3, 2023. If any of these risks were to occur, our business, financial condition
or results of operations would likely suffer. In that event, the value of our securities could decline, and you could lose part or all
of your investment. The risks and uncertainties we describe are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks not presently known to
us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations. In addition, our past financial performance may not
be a reliable indicator of future performance, and historical trends should not be used to anticipate results in the future. See “Forward-Looking
Statements” below.
Forward-Looking
Statements
Statements
made in this press release include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “may,”
“will,” “plan,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,”
“continue,” or comparable terminology. Such forward-looking statements are inherently subject to certain risks, trends and
uncertainties, many of which the Company cannot predict with accuracy and some of which the Company might not even anticipate and involve
factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or suggested. Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements and are advised to consider the factors listed above together with the additional factors
under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Reports on Form 20-F, as may be supplemented or amended by
the Company’s Reports of a Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking
statements that become untrue because of subsequent events, new information or otherwise.
Contacts
Investors:
Flora
Hewitt, Vice President of Investor Relations and Mergers and Acquisitions
Email:
investor@geniusgroup.net
Media
Contacts: Adia PR
Email:
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US
Investors:
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Gentry
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