Marie Forleo
Marie Forleo | |
|---|---|
 Marie Forleo in 2015 | |
| Born | December 7, 1975[citation needed] |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Seton Hall University |
| Occupation(s) | Life coach, motivational speaker, author, web television host |
| Partner | Josh Pais |
| Website | www |
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]
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]
She is engaged to actor Josh Pais.[5]
Career
Early 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] Forleo took an online course to learn the skills necessary to coach clients.[10] 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]
2008-present
In 2008, Forleo released Make Every Man Want You: How to Be So Irresistible You'll Barely Keep from Dating Yourself!. The book is published in 16 languages.[13] The following year, she founded Marie Forleo International, a business coaching practice.[4] The company focuses on small business and personal development training for entrepreneurs.[4][11] In 2011, Sir Richard Branson invited Forleo to mentor young entrepreneurs at his Centre for Entrepreneurship.[14] That year, Forleo launched MarieTV, a web television show.[11] She spoke at the Life Is Beautiful conference in 2014.[15]
Oprah Winfrey called Forleo "a thought leader for the next generation."[4] Forbes.com listed her website on its list of "Top 100 Websites for Entrepreneurs."[16]
Bibliography
- Make Every Man Want You: How to Be So Irresistible You'll Barely Keep from Dating Yourself! (2008) ISBN 978-0071597814
- Everything is Figureoutable: One Simple Belief to Create Unstoppable Success (2019) ISBN 978-0525534990
References
- ^ "Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous". The New York Times.
- ^ "Why we need to stop underestimating optimism". Harper's Bazaar.
- ^ a b "Feeling Like a Failure with a Day Job? It May Mean Success". Inc.
- ^ a b c d Cari Sommer (February 22, 2012). "When You've Got it- Flaunt it: A Case Study on Marie Forleo". Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c "The New Money Masters" (PDF). Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ a b c d Leigh Buchanan. "Marie Forleo and the High Art of People Pleasing". Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ Paulette Cohn. "Marie Forleo: How to Make Every Man Want You". Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ Kathy Caprino (June 17, 2013). "What Marie Forleo Taught Me About Selling My Soul". Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ "Marie Forleo". Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ Kalia Kelmenson (September 22, 2014). "The Intuition of Marie Forleo". Retrieved December 27, 2014.