Susan Lynn Orman, the renowned host of CNBC’s “The Suze Orman Show,” was born on the fifth of June 1951 to parents of Russian-Jewish descent. Having graduated with a BA degree in social work from the University of Illinois, Suze Orman now holds a variety of occupations. She is currently juggling her duties as a financial advisor, an author, motivational speaker, as well as an influential television personality.
As a financial advisor, Suze Orman runs her own financial firm in Emeryville, California. Orman had established the Suze Orman Financial Group way back in 1987, right after her resignation at the Prudential Bache Securities, where she served as vice president of investments.
As a writer, Suze maintains a Q&A advice section in Oprah Winfrey’s monthly O magazine. Aside from that, she also contributes her skills as a writer to various other publications including Lowes MoneyWorks, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Your Business at Home Magazine. Suze Orman is also an author of various self-help books. For 2009, she was able to publish the Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan. In addition to that achievement, she was also able to receive an honorary degree of humane letters from her alma-mater, the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign for the same year. For the previous years, she was able to publish several of her written works including the Money Book for the Young, Fabulous, and Broke in 2005, The Laws of Money, the Lessons of Life… in 2003, The Road to Wealth in 2001, and many others.
Her books, being sensational, had been one of the factors that had contributed to her success in television. For her series of PBS pledge drive specials, Suze Orman was honored with two Daytime Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Service Show Host category in 2004 and 2006. Throughout her career in television, she became the recipient of five Gracie Awards. Suze Orman was the first person to ever receive such number of awards for the entire 33-year history of the prestigious Awarding Group.