Marie Forleo


Marie Forleo 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. 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.
In 2010, she founded Marie Forleo International. She also started the online business program called B-School, which has worked with 55,000 people in 148 countries on their small businesses. Forleo hosts and stars in MarieTV, a YouTube web series, and The Marie Forleo Podcast.

Biography

Forleo was raised in New Jersey. She graduated as valedictorian from Seton Hall University with a degree in business finance in 1997.
She is married to actor Josh Pais.

Career

Early career

After graduating from college, Forleo became a trading assistant on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. She left the NYSE to work for Gourmet and Mademoiselle. In 2001, she established a newsletter and gained subscribers and coaching clients from relationships she formed while bartending and instructing fitness and dance classes. She became one of the first Nike Elite Dance Athletes in 2005. She starred in the dance fitness videos such as Crunch: Cardio Dance Blast in 2005 and Prevention Fitness Systems - Dance Yourself Thin in 2006.

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. The following year, she founded Marie Forleo International, a business coaching practice. The company focuses on small business and personal development training for entrepreneurs. In 2011, Sir Richard Branson invited Forleo to mentor young entrepreneurs at his Centre for Entrepreneurship. That year, Forleo launched MarieTV, a web television show. She spoke at the Life Is Beautiful conference in 2014.
Oprah Winfrey called Forleo "a thought leader for the next generation." Forbes.com listed her website on its list of "Top 100 Websites for Entrepreneurs."
Forleo starred in the 5-part docuseries, Transcendence: Live Life Beyond the Ordinary, in 2018, and in the documentary, We Rise Up, in 2019.

Filmography