Last Updated: 29 Feb, 2024 | Views: 1066
Age: 64
Profession: Motivational Speaker
Other Profession(s): Author, Philanthropist, Coach
Famous For: Wrote Unlimited Power (Book)
About (Profile/Biography):
Anthony J. Mahavoric, popularly known as Tony Robbins was born on February 29, 1960, in North Hollywood, California. At the age of seven, Robbins' parents divorced, and he became the eldest of three children. On both sides of his family, he is of Croatian heritage. When Anthony was 12, his mother legally adopted him from Jim Robbins, a former semi-pro baseball player who remarried several times.
Career:
Since Tony Robbins was 17, Robbins has promoted seminars for motivational speaker and author Jim Rohn. Firewalking became a part of his seminars after he learned how to do it.
2018: As part of a group of investors, Robbins acquired rights to launch the Los Angeles Football Club, an expansion franchise in Major League Soccer. 2018 marked the start of the soccer team's competitive season.
In 2016: A professional gaming organization specializing in eSports, Team Liquid, was purchased by Robbins, Peter Guber, and Ted Leonsis in 2016.
A few of the individuals with whom Robbins has worked include Bill Clinton, Justin Tuck, Hugh Jackman, and Pitbull. Marc Benioff, Steve Wynn, and Peter Guber are among the American businessmen he has counseled.
At his March 15, 2018, seminar in San Jose, California, Robbins made remarks alluding to the Me Too movement.
Controversies:
Robbins is alleged to have used terms from Wade Cook's Wall Street Money Machine in his seminar.
When The Vancouver Sun called Robbins an "adulterous, wife-stealing hypocrite" in 2001, the British Columbia Supreme Court ruled that the newspaper had defamed him. In addition to his legal costs, the court awarded Robbins $20,000 in damages.
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