Suze Orman.
by Suze Orman — Women & Money · The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom · women's financial empowerment
Personal finance author, former CNBC host, and one of the most recognized voices in women's financial empowerment. Her books, including Women & Money and The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom, have sold millions of copies worldwide.
About Suze Orman
Suze Orman is a personal finance author and media personality whose work has focused on empowering women and working-class Americans to take control of their financial lives. Her books — including The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom (1997), The Courage to Be Rich (1999), The Laws of Money (2003), and Women & Money (2007) — have collectively sold millions of copies and been translated into multiple languages.
Orman hosted The Suze Orman Show on CNBC from 2002 to 2015, one of the longest-running personal finance programs on cable television. She is known for her direct, emotionally candid approach to money — treating financial decisions as expressions of values and self-worth, not just math problems.
Her signature frameworks include the People First, Then Money, Then Things hierarchy and her focus on the psychological and emotional barriers that prevent people from building wealth. Women & Money, in particular, addresses the historically documented patterns — longer life expectancy, career interruptions, wage gaps — that make financial planning structurally different for women than for men.
Orman has faced criticism from financial academics for some investment recommendations that diverged from low-cost index fund consensus. ClearValue Books recommends her work for its motivational and behavioral framing while noting that readers should cross-reference specific investment vehicle recommendations with current independent research.