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Author, entrepreneur and host

Ramit Sethi

Founder of I Will Teach You to Be Rich and host of How to Get Rich

Ramit Sethi is an author and entrepreneur focused on personal finance. He founded I Will Teach You to Be Rich, published a book with the same name and hosted the Netflix series How to Get Rich, where he helps individuals and couples connect financial decisions to their own definition of a rich life.1,4

01 · The profile

Background & perspective

He launched I Will Teach You to Be Rich in 2004 while studying at Stanford. His approach combines automated systems, negotiation, conscious spending and psychology. Instead of imposing one universal definition of wealth, he asks readers and couples to identify what they want their money to support, then build decisions around that priority.1,2

In 2023, the documentary series How to Get Rich brought this method to television. Ramit Sethi examines the income, spending, debt and habits of several households, then works with them on the conversations and decisions that structure their financial lives.4,5

02 · Verified landmarks

The journey in a few dates

A selective timeline established from identified sources.

2004

Launches I Will Teach You to Be Rich

Begins publishing about money, behavior and personal financial systems while studying at Stanford.1

2009

Publishes I Will Teach You to Be Rich

Turns his personal-finance approach into a practical program about spending, saving and investing.1,3

2023

Hosts How to Get Rich on Netflix

Works with several households in an eight-episode documentary series about their relationship with money.4,5

03 · Ooléle

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04 · Transparency

Profile sources

  1. 01About I Will Teach You to Be RichI Will Teach You to Be Rich
  2. 02I Will Teach You to Be RichI Will Teach You to Be Rich
  3. 03I Will Teach You to Be Rich, Second EditionWorkman Publishing Company
  4. 04How to Get RichNetflix Media Center
  5. 05Learn How to Get Rich: What to Know About the Financial Makeover SeriesNetflix Tudum