Tim Ferriss
Tim Ferriss is a highly influential blogger, podcaster, motivational speaker, lifestyle guru, and mega-best-selling author, best known for The 4 Hour Workweek which has been translated into 40+ languages. He is also the Host of the wildly popular, The Tim Ferriss Show—where he deconstructs the tools, mindsets, and practices of world-class performers across business, sports, and more. The Tim Ferriss Show is the first business/interview podcast to exceed 100 million downloads. Today, it has now exceeded one billion downloads. Tim has also been featured by more than 100 media outlets and has been invited to speak at some of the world’s most innovative organizations and technology summits.
Tim Ferriss Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder and Host
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Author
Academic History
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East Asian Studies, Japanese, Neuroscience
THE TIM FERRISS SHOW
The Tim Ferriss Show is the first business/interview podcast to pass 100 million downloads.
It is often the #1 business podcast on all of Apple Podcasts, and it’s been ranked #1 out of 500,000+ podcasts on many occasions.
The podcast is one of Inc. Magazine’s “19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now“, and it has been ranked #1 on the Top 150 Management and Leadership Blogs list, based on Google PageRank, Alexa traffic ranking, Bing results, PostRank, and more.
RECOGNITIONS
The Observer and other media have called Tim “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of The Tim Ferriss Show podcast.
He is listed #6 in the “Top 20 Angel Investor” rankings for 2014, and Newsweek calls him “the world’s best guinea pig,” which he takes as a compliment.
He was recognized by Fortune's "40 Under 40", and Fast Company's "Most Innovative Business People."
His Twitter account was selected by Mashable as one of “5 Must-Follow Twitter Accounts for Entrepreneurs,” a list including Richard Branson, Mark Cuban, Marissa Mayer, and Jack Dorsey.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Tim has been featured by more than 100 media outlets – including The New York Times, The Economist, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, TIME, Forbes, Fortune, CNN and CBS.
He has been invited to speak at some of the world’s most innovative organizations, including Google, MIT, Harvard Business School, Nike, PayPal, Facebook, The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Microsoft, Ask.com, Nielsen, Princeton University, the Wharton School and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
He has also been invited to speak and keynote at world-renowned technology summits including EG, FOO Camp, E-Tech, Supernova, LeWeb, and the Web 2.0 Exposition, where he shared the stage with figures like Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Board of Google, and Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.
He has been a popular guest lecturer at Princeton University since 2003, where he presents entrepreneurship as a tool for world change and ideal lifestyle design.