Marie Forleo (born December 7, 1975) is an American entrepreneur and founder of Marie Forleo International.
She is known for her advice books ''Everything is Figureoutable'' and ''Make Every Man Want You,'' as well as the online business program B-School.
Forleo hosts MarieTV, a
YouTube
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web series, and ''The Marie Forleo Podcast''.
Personal life
Forleo was raised in
New Jersey
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. She graduated as valedictorian from
Seton Hall University
Seton Hall University (SHU) is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizab ...
with a degree in business finance in 1997.
She is married to actor
Josh Pais
Joshua Atwill Pais (born June 21, 1958) is an American actor and acting coach. He has appeared in the films ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (1990), ''Music of the Heart'' (1999), ''Assassination of a High School President'' (2008), '' I Saw the ...
.
Career
After graduating from college, Forleo became a trading assistant on the floor of the
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
[ She left the NYSE to work for '']Gourmet
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'' and '' Mademoiselle''.[ In 2001, she established an online newsletter and gained subscribers and coaching clients from relationships she formed while bartending and instructing fitness and dance classes.][ She also started a ]web television
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show called MarieTV.[ In May of 2011, she launched the online business course "Rich, Happy & Hot B-School" with fellow entrepreneur Laura Roeder. Eventually, the program name was shortened to "B-School."
Forleo starred in the 5-part docuseries, ''Transcendence: Live Life Beyond the Ordinary'', in 2018, and in the documentary, ''We Rise Up'', in 2019. In September 2019, Forleo released ''Everything is Figureoutable: One Simple Belief to Create Unstoppable Success''. The book was a #1 ''New York Times'' bestseller.]
Works
*''Make Every Man Want You: How to Be So Irresistible You'll Barely Keep from Dating Yourself!'' (2008)
*''Everything is Figureoutable: One Simple Belief to Create Unstoppable Success'' (2019)
Filmography
*''Crunch Cardio Dance Blast'' (2005)
*''Prevention Fitness Systems - Dance Yourself Thin'' (2006)
* Women’s Health- The Wedding Workout(2006)
*''Dance Off: Tummy Tone Party'' (2006)
*''Dream Girl'' (2016)
*''Transcendence'' (2018)
*''Today Show'' (2019)
*''We Rise Up'' (2019)
References
External links
Official websiteB-School
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Life coaches
People from Brick Township, New Jersey
American motivational speakers
American women motivational speakers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Seton Hall University alumni
1975 births
American businesspeople