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She is the host of The Suze Ormond Show on CNBC. She has written six consecutive New York Times Best Sellers, and has written, co-produced, and hosted six PBS specials based on her New York Times bestselling books, and is the single most successful fund raiser in the history of public television. Similar programs she hosts on QVC, the leading home shopping network, also place her as the top seller. In 2004 and 2006 Ormond won two daytime Emmy Awards in the category of Outstanding Service Show Host for her PBS Specials. Over her television career she has won more Gracie awards (5) than anyone in the 33 year history of these awards. In 2008, she was selected by TIME Magazine as one of the most influential people in the world.
Ormond was born on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, in 1951 to Russian-Jewish immigrants Ann and Morry Ormond. Ormond came from a working class background and has said that she did not "grow up with money." She was an undergraduate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from which she holds a B.A. in social work. In 1973, she and some friends moved to Berkeley, California, and she lived, for three months in a van on Hearst Avenue. She soon became a waitress at the Buttercup Bakery on College Avenue. In 1980, a longtime customer gave Ormond a loan of $50,000 to help her fulfill her dream of opening her own restaurant. Ormond invested the money at Merrill Lynch, but four months later was broke again, after she was swindled by her stockbroker.
Knowing that she couldn't make the money back by waitressing, and having started learning more about finances and investing, Ormond returned to Merrill Lynch and entered their training program to become an account executive. After she completed the training, she was hired by the firm and remained there until 1983 when she left to take a position as vice president of investments at Prudential Bache Securities. In 1987, Ormond resigned and opened her own financial planning firm, the Suze Ormond Financial Group, in Emeryville, California. She acted as director of the firm until 1997, when she stepped down as her writing career took off with the publication of her second book
