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John Born is dubbed the “Enigma of the Seas” as his presentation Miracles and Mindgames is sought out by the owners and charters of superyachts all over the world.


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John Born releases his latest book Cheating at Texas Hold'em: A modern guide to the art of deception and illicit play at the card table. 560 pages. Over 1,300 photos. Foreword by Simon Lovell. Learn more at www.CheatingAtTexasHoldem.com


Join John B. Born at www.PenguinMagic.com as he gives a 2 and a half hour lecture on the innovation side of psychology, theatrics, and sleight-of-hand. See the performance teaser here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV1f2t1Fjvw


John Born is featured on MSNBC’s "The Rachel Maddow Show" to demonstrate secret CIA techniques from the 1950’s. Click below to view.
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New York, N.Y. — John B. Born wins first place in one of the most prestigious annual international competitions for close-up magic in the world… the International Brotherhood of Magicians Gold Cups competition, which was held this year in Miami, Florida June 27th-July 1st. This competition is held annually by the International Brotherhood of Magicians — the largest organization for professional and amateur magicians in the world with nearly 13,000 members in over 73 countries (www.magician.org).

The competition took place over a two day period. The first day all competing acts (from over 20 from different parts of the world) performed three shows. That evening the top six acts were selected, and the next day the six acts chosen performed four shows in what is known as the Gold Cups Finals. At the final theater show of the convention, John B. Born was awarded the first place award.

This is not John's only competition achievement this year. In February John won first place at the close-up magic competition at the Magi-Fest in Columbus, Ohio — the largest convention in the Mid-West (approximately 1,000 magicians attend).



John Born win first place at the two largest competitions in the Midwest for close-up magic - The Midwest Magic Jubilee in St. Louis, Missouri and the Columbus Magi-Fest in Columbus, Ohio.


Panasonic utilized John Born’s magic and contact juggling in a live feed to show off Panasonic’s new 3D camcorder prototype at the Sabre Awards at Cipriani.

John Born returns after 4 months of exclusive superyacht performances in Monaco, Barcelona, Nice, Antibes, Capri, and the Almalfi Coast.


John is featured on NTV, one of the premier television stations in Istanbul, Turkey.


Issue 33 of Yachting Matters, a premiere magazine for superyachts, reviews John Born’s performance at the MYBA Charter Show in Barcelona. “I have never seen anything quite so mesmerizing before. To say that what he does is incredible or unbelievable is an understatement.”


John returns after another 3 month season of delivering exclusive superyacht and beach villa performances in St Barts, St Maarten, Anguilla, Antigua, St Lucia, and the British Virgin Islands.


John Born returns after a month in Asia, featuring performances, lectures, and workshops for mentalists and magicians in Japan, the Philippines, and Hong Kong.


John Born delights the members of the MYBA Charter Show at the Born Cultural Center in the Born District of Barcelona


John returns home from his international lecture tours, with over sixty performances in Italy, France, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Ireland, Wales, and England.

John Born is featured on the Huffington Post Live as a special guest in a presentation about NYC Bar / Bat Mitzvah celebrations.

John opens the John B. Born Academy of Magic for kids! Give your child an awesome evening of magic and learning from an international champion magician. Two types of classes designed for ages 7-adult. Learn more about our Academy of Magic workshops.

Elegant. Sophisticated. Unbelievable. Brace yourself for a one-of-a-kind collaboration of two international champions – John B. Born (Magician) and Edvinas Minkstimas (Concert Pianist). Designed for the discerning audience. Click NYC Magic Show to learn more.



John Born get feature Christmas Eve news story on Kake Channel 10 for charity work



John is featured in L’Illusionniste, France’s premier magic magazine, following a recent European lecture tour.


John Born is chosen by Google to represent their Adwords Success Story Campaign.

John is hired to train actors in pickpocketing for Liam Neeson’s upcoming film Nonstop.




Look for the hands of John B. Born in the intro to the upcoming ABC show 2 Truths and a Lie as he creates sleight-of-hand visuals and flourishes with cups, cards, and crystals.

BBC News brings John in to discuss online marketing experiences.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17216895 John donates his fourth show for the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge in NYC.

John Born is featured as one of the who’s who of gambling demonstrations in Tom Frame’s latest book Hold’em Magic.


John Born is featured guest on "The New Yorker’s" Show to wow Jim Chladek and talk about his latest book.


John is featured for a week as a performer and speaker at the Magic Castle in Hollywood.

John Born collaborates with singer Erica Lustig to perform their holiday charity program “Music and Magic” for retirement homes and cancer care facilities.


John donates his services in another year of Pancakes for Parkinson’s. Congratulations to the Epstein family for organizing an incredible community event that raised over $35,000 for the Parkinson’s foundation.


Special thanks to VNSNY, who sponsored John to perform over 50 shows at nursing homes and adult dare care facilities in the NYC area.


John Born is featured in Card Magic USA – over 280 pages of mostly unpublished card magic from many of America’s finest magicians.


In late April, John released his second book, Meant To Be… Principles and Techniques for the Sophisticated Magical Artist. This book exemplifies John's eight stage creation process through the analysis of what magicians consider to be the holy grail of card magic: the Any Card at Any Number plot. Not only does John detail his approach to creativity, but also details his award-winning solutions as well as the solutions of some of the greatest minds in the magic community. An instant best seller for 2006, this release will soon be sold out. Click here to read more about Meant To Be... John is currently on a lecture tour across the country. Check the schedule to see if he is coming through your area…