Suze Orman is the author of The Courage To Be Rich (Riverhead Books; March 1999), which debuted in the #1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list after just one week on sale. With more than 900,000 copies in print, the book was also #1 on the Business bestseller lists of The New York Times, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal, where it simultaneously appeared on the Journal's hardcover nonfiction bestseller list. It also made Business Week's bestseller list, reached the #1 position on the Los Angeles Times list, and held spots on the bestseller lists of USA Today, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Chicago Tribune, and the Boston Globe.
Suze Orman's other #1 New York Times bestseller, The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom (Crown Publishers), was released in
April 1997. The hardcover book currently has more than 1.9 million copies in print and was on the New York Times list for over eleven months.
The #1 nonfiction bestseller on Publishers Weekly's 1998 hardcover list, the book has been in the #1 position on the bestseller lists of
many major publications nationwide, including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Business Week, the Washington Post, the San
Francisco Chronicle, and the Chicago Tribune.
Suze Orman's first book, You've Earned It, Don't Lose It (Newmarket Press), which was originally published in January 1995, is
currently in its 25th printing and has more than 550,000 copies in print in its combined hardcover, softcover, and audio formats. It also made the
Business bestseller lists of USA Today, Business Week and The Wall Street Journal.
Ms. Orman's two PBS specials, based on The Courage To Be Rich and The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom, which she wrote,
co-produced, and hosted, are among PBS's most successful fundraisers ever.
In 1999, Smart Money magazine recognized Suze as one of its top thirty "Power Brokers" in a special report that profiled those individuals
who most influenced the mutual fund industry and affected our money.
Suze Orman is currently a financial contributor to NBC News' TODAY. She also appears regularly on QVC as host of her own "Financial
Freedom" hour. To date, Ms. Orman's television retailing sales total more than one and a half million books and audio books, making her
QVC's number-one selling author.
Ms. Orman, a Certified Financial Planner® professional, directed the Suze Orman Financial Group from 1987-1997, served as Vice
President of Investments for Prudential Bache Securities from 1983-87, and from 1980-83, she was an Account Executive at Merrill Lynch.
A sought-after speaker, Suze Orman has lectured widely throughout the United States, helping people change the way they think about money.
Ms. Orman, a former contributor to Self magazine, has been profiled in the pages of People magazine and The New Yorker.
She has also appeared on Dateline, CNN, CNBC, and numerous times on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
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