Tony Robbins is an American success coach, professional speaker, actor, and Self-help author. He has an estimated net worth of $480 million. Born Anthony J. Mahavorick on February 29, 1960 in North Hollywood, CA, he later moved to Azusa, CA. As a child, he aspired to become a sports reporter. He attended Glendora High School where he was elected the student body president for the 1977-1978 school year but he only served half of his term. He left school midway through his senior year.

Robbins’ career began by promoting seminars for Jim Rohn. He began his own work as a self-help coach by teaching neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and Ericksonian Hypnosis after his training with NLP co-founder John Grinder.  He also learned to firewalk from Tolly Burkan in 1983 and he began to incorporate this into his seminars. He later began developing and teaching neuro-associative conditioning (NAC).

Tony Robbins used infomercials to promote his seminars, products and programs. His seminars include four-day events such as Mastery University, Date with Destiny, Unleash the Power Within (UPW) and Business Mastery. He has published two best-selling books, Unlimited Power and Awaken the Giant Within. He had cameo roles in the 2001 movie Shallow Hal, the 1994 movie Reality Bites, three episodes of The Roseanne Show, and an episode of The Sopranos. Breakthrough with Tony Robbins made its debut on NBC in July 2010. ABC cancelled the show after airing two of the planned six episodes. The OWN Network picked it up in March 2012. In April 2012, he began co-hosting Oprah’s Lifeclass on the OWN Network.

Robbins launched the Anthony Robbins Foundation in 1991. He had a son, Jairek Robbins, with ex-girlfriend Liz Acosta. He first married Becky Jenkins in 1985 who already had three children from two former marriages and Robbins considered them as his own. They were divorced in 2001 and married Bonnie Humphrey who is now known as Sage Robbins later that year.