Suze Orman
Suze Orman is a personal finance author, television host, and creator of the Women & Money podcast, where she answers listeners’ questions about saving, debt, investing, and retirement.
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Known for
- Women & Money (And Everyone Smart Enough To Listen)2018–present · Podcast creator and host
Podcast - The Ultimate Retirement Guide for 50+2025 · Author, revised paperback edition
Book - BookWomen & Money: Be Strong, Be Smart, Be Secure2018 · Author, revised edition
- BookThe 9 Steps to Financial Freedom1997 · Author
Overview
- From
- Chicago, Illinois
- Work
- Personal finance author, television host, and podcaster
- Breakout
- QVC appearances promoting her first book in 1994
- Long-running show
- The Suze Orman Show on CNBC, 2002–2015
- Education
- University of Illinois, social work degree, 1976
Mini bio
How it started.
Suze grew up on Chicago’s South Side and studied social work at the University of Illinois. After heading to California, she worked at Berkeley’s Buttercup Bakery. Customers helped fund her dream of opening a restaurant, but a broker lost the money through speculative investments. She became a broker herself, learned why those investments were unsuitable, and recovered the money so she could repay the people who believed in her.
Finding her audience.
QVC appearances promoting You’ve Earned It, Don’t Lose It helped introduce her to a wider audience in 1994. The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom, PBS specials, and appearances with Oprah followed. From 2002 to 2015, she hosted The Suze Orman Show on CNBC, bringing her direct approach to viewers’ everyday money decisions.
Where to find her now.
On Women & Money, Suze shares personal stories, teaches financial concepts, and answers listener questions. Her work keeps returning to the connection between money and confidence, especially for women. She also co-founded SecureSave to help employees build emergency savings through work.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2025The Ultimate Retirement Guide for 50+Author, revised paperback edition
- 2018Women & Money: Be Strong, Be Smart, Be SecureAuthor, revised edition
- 1997The 9 Steps to Financial FreedomAuthor
Television & podcasts
- 2018–presentWomen & Money (And Everyone Smart Enough To Listen)Creator and host
- 2002–2015The Suze Orman ShowHost, CNBC
Awards
Quotes
People first, then money, then things.Suze Orman, Television Academy interview
She closes the interview with the principle that runs through her approach to personal finance.
Trivia
- She shared a college apartment with Judy Jacklin and John Belushi before Belushi became an SNL star.
- She completed her degree in 1976 after taking Spanish classes while working as a waitress.
- She has voiced herself on The Simpsons.
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