Suze Orman is the author of The Courage to Be Rich, which debuted in the #1 spot on The New York Times bestseller list after just one week on sale. With close to one million copies in print, the book was among the top ten nonfiction bestsellers in Publisher¡¦s Weekly¡¦s 1999 hardcover list. It was also #1 on the Business bestseller lists on 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, was released in April 1997. The hardcover book currently has more than 2.1 million copies in print and was on The New York Times list for over eleven months. The #1 nonfiction bestseller on Publisher¡¦s 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. It is currently available in six countries worldwide.

Suze¡¦s first book, You¡¦ve Earned It, Don¡¦t Lose it, 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, soft cover, 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 who most influenced the mutual fund industry and affected our money. She is also the recipient of the 1999 Motivational Book Award for The Courage to Be Rich from Books for a Better Life, which honors the year¡¦s most outstanding books and magazines in the self-improvement genre.

Suze Orman is currently a financial contributor to NBC News¡¦ TODAY and a contributing editor to O, The Oprah Magazine. 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„µ professional, directed the Suze Orman Financial Group from 1987-1997, served as Vice President of Investments for Prudential Bache Securities from 1983-1987, and from 1980-1983, she was an Account Executive at Merrill Lynch.

A sought-after speaker, Suze 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 featured in such major magazines and newspapers as Newsweek, The New Yorker, Modern Maturity, The New Republic, and USA Today. She has also appeared on Dateline, Larry King Live, CNN, CNBC, Good Morning America, The View, and numerous times on The Oprah Winfrey Show.