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Suze Orman /ˈsu.zi ˈɔɹ.mən/ (born Susan Orman on June 5, 1951) is an American financial advisor, writer and television personality.(photo )

Personal history

Orman was born on the south side of Chicago, Illinois in 1951 to Russian Jewish immigrants. Her father ran a take-out chicken shack, where Orman worked part-time. As a child, she and her brothers worked odd jobs to bring in extra money. Orman was an undergraduate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and holds a B.A. in social work from UI. In 1973, she and some friends moved to Berkeley, California, where she became a waitress at a local bakery until 1980. From 1980-1983, she was trained by and worked as an Account Executive at Merrill Lynch, and from 1983-87 she was Vice President of Investments for Prudential Bache Securities. In 1987, Orman founded her own business, the Suze Orman Financial Group, which she directed from 1987-1997.

Orman told The New York Times magazine in February 2007 that she is a lesbian. Her partner of seven years is Kathy Travis, a coproducer on The Suze Orman Show. In the interview, Orman regretted that she cannot marry her partner and gain the corresponding tax advantages.

Publications and miscellaneous

Her books include:

• The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom (1997)
• You've Earned It, Don't Lose It : Mistakes You Can't Afford to Make When You Retire (with Linda Mead) (1997)
• The Courage to Be Rich (1998)
• The Road to Wealth (2001)
• The Laws of Money, the Lessons of Life... (2003)
• The Money Book for the Young Fabulous and Broke (2005)
• Women and Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny (2007)

Other publications: Orman also has a Q&A advice section in Oprah Winfrey's popular monthly magazine O, alongside Dr. Phil's advice section. She also writes a biweekly column (as of Jan 2007) on Yahoo!'s Finance page.

Telecasts: She also hosts a weekend financial planning show for the CNBC cable television network called The Suze Orman Show.. Orman hosts another TV program on QVC called Suze Orman's Financial Freedom.

She has won two Daytime Emmy Awards in 2004 and 2006 for her PBS pledge drive specials, The Laws of Money, The Lessons of Life and The Money Show for the Young, Fabulous, & Broke. Her catch phrases are "Self-worth equals net worth," "People first, then money, then things," and "Truth creates money. Lies destroy it."

Criticism

It has been reported in Forbes magazine that she has misrepresented her credentials and background. For example, at the time of writing in 1998, she claimed a current Commodity Trading Advisor license which had lapsed, and some of her materials claimed eighteen years' experience working with Wall Street institutions when she in reality had seven.

The San Francisco Chronicle also ran a follow-up to the Forbes piece in which Orman and her publicist dodged critical questions about inaccuracies about Orman's background as reported in Forbes.

Forbes was also critical of the quality of advice given. "Buy her book for $23 ... and you get such tips as : 'Use self-service gas pumps rather than full-serve.' Or, 'Use coins, not your calling card, in pay phones.' On a recent Oprah, Orman advised viewers to search through their closets for misplaced money."

Trivia

In a July 1, 2006 broadcast of The Suze Orman Show, Orman revealed she and another friend once shared a one bedroom apartment with the girlfriend of John Belushi in 1974. She lived there for a total of four years, during which Belushi also moved into the apartment.

References

1. http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA278785.html?display=archive Publisherweekly.com
2. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003549559
3. http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/02/022507orman.htm 365gay.com
4. http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/CNBCTV/TV_Info/Anchors&Reporters/P5519.asp Moneycentral.mas.com
5. http://www.forbes.com/forbes/1998/1228/6214118a.html Forbes.com
6. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/01/06/BU35154.DTL&hw=Suze+Orman&sn=001&sc=1000 SFgate.com

• Barrett, William P. (1998, December 28). "Sizzling Suze". Retrieved July 23, 2006.
• CNBC. "Anchors & Reporters: Suze Orman". Retrieved July 23, 2006
• San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 22, 2006.

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External links

• Suze Orman, The Suze Orman Show Suze Orman Financial Group Web site
• Money Matters - Yahoo! Finance Orman's regular column on Yahoo! Finance
• Suze Orman Bio on CNBC.com
• AOL Money & Finance article "Suze Orman, A One-Woman Show of Irritation"

1. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/01/06/BU35154.DTL&hw=Suze+Orman&sn=001&sc=1000.

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