(Darren Tay, the 2016 Toastmasters International world champion of public speaking, during his winning speech, “Outsmart; Outlast.”Toastmasters International)
Darren Tay, a 27-year-old Singaporean lawyer, became the 2016 Toastmasters International world champion of public speaking in August, surviving several rounds of a competition that lasted six months and included more than 30,000 competitors from Toastmasters’ public speaking clubs around the world.