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What is Suze Orman’s net worth and salary?

Suze Orman is a financial advisor, television personality, author, and motivational speaker with a net worth of $75 million. She is known as a financial guru and has authored 10 consecutive New York Times best-selling books. Orman began her career in finance as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch, and later became a vice president of Prudential Bache Securities. In the late 1980s, she founded the Suze Orman Financial Group. Orman hosted “The Suze Orman Show” on CNBC from 2002 to 2015, and currently hosts the semi-weekly podcast “Suze Orman’s Women & Money Podcast.”

Suze Orman’s Early Life and Career

Suze Orman was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1951. As a child, she worked at her father’s deli. She obtained her B.A. in Social Work from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in 1976. Orman received an honorary degree of doctor of humane letters from the university in 2009. After graduation, she worked as a waitress in Berkeley, California.

Suze Orman’s Humble Beginnings in Finance

In 1982, Suze Orman borrowed $50,000 from a regular customer at the restaurant where she worked and an additional $2,000 from friends and family to start her own restaurant. At the suggestion of the customer, she invested the money in a high-risk options account at Merrill Lynch. Within three months, she lost all the money. Determined to learn from her mistake, Suze entered the training program at Merrill Lynch and sued the firm, settling for the amount lost plus interest. She returned all the borrowed funds to her investors and in 1983, became the vice president of investments at Prudential Bache Securities. Four years later, she launched her own financial group and wrote her first best-selling book, You’ve Earned It, Don’t Lose It.

Suze Orman’s Media Contributions

Suze Orman has made numerous appearances on television shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah’s All-Stars, and Paula’s Party on the Food Network. She also had her own television show, The Suze Orman Show, which was one of the top-ranked shows on CNBC from 2002 to 2015. In addition, she created the television show Can I Afford It? and writes an advice column for the magazine “O”.

Aside from television, Orman also contributes to various publications, including the Philadelphia Enquirer, Your Business at Home Magazine, and Lowes MoneyWorks. She was also the writer of “Money Matters” on Yahoo.

Orman’s contributions extend beyond traditional media. She created CD-ROM based services, such as the “Will and Trust Kit,” “Protection Portfolio,” and “Identity Theft Kit.” In recognition of her work, Orman has won multiple awards, including Daytime Emmy Awards for her hosting of PBS pledge drive specials, The Lessons of Life, The Money Show for the Young, Fabulous and Broke, and The Laws of Money. She has also won six Gracie Awards from the Alliance for Women in Media.

“The Suze Orman Show” on CNBC

In 2002, Suze Orman debuted “The Suze Orman Show” on CNBC. The show aired for 8 years and had 128 episodes before ending in 2015. Orman won several Daytime Emmy awards for her work on the show. One of the most popular segments on the show was “Can I Afford It,” where callers would ask if they could afford various expenditures.

Suze Orman’s Political Views and Personal Life

Suze Orman is a supporter of the Democratic party and their economic policies, as well as, President Obama. She has made several campaign donations in the past, including her support for Hillary Clinton.

Orman resides in New York, Florida, and San Francisco, California, with her spouse, Kathy Travis. Suze and Kathy married in 2010.

Suze Orman’s Real Estate Holdings

In 2007, Suze Orman purchased a 1,200 square-foot apartment in New York’s Plaza Hotel for $3.6 million. Her unit offers a courtyard view and was significantly cheaper than similar units offering views of Central Park, which were selling for around double the price.

In addition to her New York apartment, Suze also owns a condo in Hillsboro Beach, Florida, which she bought in 2004 for $945,000. She also has a waterfront home in the Bahamas, which she purchased in 2014 for $2.5 million. At the time, the property was an undeveloped plot of land, and Suze raised the funds from the sale of a yacht and a home in San Francisco.

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