Marie Forleo
Marie Forleo (born December 7, 1975) is an American entrepreneur. She is a New York Times bestselling author for the advice books, Everything is Figureoutable and Make Every Man Want You.[1] According to Harper's Bazaar, Forleo is a "self-made millionaire" that started her career "serving drinks, cleaning toilets, and waiting tables" as well as hip-hop dancing.[2][3]
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Born | December 7, 1975 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Seton Hall University |
Occupation | Life coach, motivational speaker, author, web television host |
Partner(s) | Josh Pais |
Website | www |
In 2010, she founded Marie Forleo International.[3][4] She also started the online business program called B-School, which has worked with 55,000 people in 148 countries on their small businesses.[5][6][7] Forleo hosts and stars in MarieTV, a YouTube web series, and The Marie Forleo Podcast.[8]
Biography
Forleo was raised in New Jersey. She graduated as valedictorian from Seton Hall University with a degree in business finance in 1997.[9]
Career
After graduating from college, Forleo became a trading assistant on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).[10][9] She left the NYSE to work for Gourmet and Mademoiselle.[10][9] In 2001, she established a newsletter and gained subscribers and coaching clients from relationships she formed while bartending and instructing fitness and dance classes.[10][11][12] She became one of the first Nike Elite Dance Athletes in 2005.[11] She starred in the dance fitness videos such as Crunch: Cardio Dance Blast in 2005 and Prevention Fitness Systems - Dance Yourself Thin in 2006.[13]
In 2008, Forleo released Make Every Man Want You: How to Be So Irresistible You'll Barely Keep from Dating Yourself!. The book has been published in 16 languages.[14] The following year, she founded Marie Forleo International, a business coaching practice.[4] She also started an online business course called B-School, which has educated with 55,000 people in 148 countries on their small businesses.[6][7][15] In 2009, Forleo was interviewed by Tony Robbins as a marketing expert for his "The New Money Masters" series and in 2011, Sir Richard Branson invited Forleo to mentor young entrepreneurs at his Centre for Entrepreneurship.[16][17] That year, Forleo launched MarieTV, a web television show.[11] In 2012, Forleo appeared on a SuperSoul Sunday discussion about life and spirituality with Oprah Winfrey, Gabrielle Bernstein and Mastin Kipp.[18]
She spoke at the Life Is Beautiful conference in 2014.[19] Later that year, her company, Marie Forleo International, was listed on Inc's list of top 500 fastest growing private companies.[20] Inc. also named Marie Forleo International as one of the top 50 fastest growing female-led companies.[21]
Forleo starred in the 5-part docuseries, Transcendence: Live Life Beyond the Ordinary, in 2018, and in the documentary, We Rise Up, in 2019.[22][23] In September 2019, Forleo released Everything is Figureoutable: One Simple Belief to Create Unstoppable Success, which was based on her concept on Oprah Winfrey's SuperSoul Sessions. The book was a New York Times bestseller.[15][24]
Bibliography
Filmography
- Crunch Cardio Dance Blast (2005)
- Prevention Fitness Systems - Dance Yourself Thin (2006)
- Dance Off: Tummy Tone Party (2006)
- Dream Girl (2016)
- Transcendence (2018)
- Today Show (2019)
- We Rise Up (2019)[13]
References
- "Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous". The New York Times.
- "Why we need to stop underestimating optimism". Harper's Bazaar.
- "Feeling Like a Failure with a Day Job? It May Mean Success". Inc.
- Cari Sommer (February 22, 2012). "When You've Got it- Flaunt it: A Case Study on Marie Forleo". Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- Dr Monique Y. Wells (December 11, 2014). "Successful Woman Entrepreneurs Give Back: Marie Forleo". Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- "Business coach Marie Forleo explains how she created her dream job and got hundreds of thousands of fans". Business Insider.
- "13 Books By Successful Women That'll Actually Help Your Career". Refinery29.
- "Why Multiple Streams Of Income Are Important, According To This Pioneering Life Coach". Girl Boss.
- "The New Money Masters" (PDF). Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- Leigh Buchanan. "Marie Forleo and the High Art of People Pleasing". Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- "Interview: Marie Forleo". Archived from the original on April 13, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- Leigh Buchanan. "Inside the Mind of the Entrepreneur". Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- IMDb
- Paulette Cohn. "Marie Forleo: How to Make Every Man Want You". Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- "Marie Forleo's Guiding Life Philosophy: Everything Is Figureoutable". Success.
- "Tips from Tony Robbins on how to live rich". Tampa Bay Times. March 27, 2016.
- Kathy Caprino (June 17, 2013). "What Marie Forleo Taught Me About Selling My Soul". Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- Oprah Winfrey, Gabrielle Bernstein, Mastin Kipp, Marie Forleo (November 18, 2012). Soul to Soul with the Next Generation.
- "Marie Forleo". Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- "Introducing the 5,000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America". Inc. 2014.
- Graham Rapier. "The 50 Fastest-Growing Women-Led Private Companies in America". Inc.
- Transcendence
- We Rise Up
- "Marie Forleo shares life lessons from her new book". Today.