Tony Robbins

Robbins was born Anthony J. Mahavoric in North Hollywood, California, on February 29, 1960.[3] Robbins is the eldest of three children, and his parents divorced when he was seven. He is of Croatian heritage from both sides of his family.[4] His mother then remarried several times, including a marriage with Jim Robbins, a former semi-professional baseball player who legally adopted Anthony when he was 12.[3]

During high school, Robbins grew ten inches in a year, a growth spurt later attributed to a pituitary tumor.[3] He has said his home life was "chaotic" and "abusive". When he was 17 years old, he left home and never returned.[3] Robbins later worked as a janitor, and did not attend college.[3] One day he asked the landlord on site, who was a family friend, about how he became so successful. The landlord then told him that he started to turn his life around after going to a Jim Rohn seminar.

Robbins began promoting seminars for motivational speaker and author Jim Rohn when he was 17 years old.[5] He subsequently learned to firewalk and incorporated it into his seminars.[6]

In 2014, Robbins joined a group of investors to acquire rights to launch a Major League Soccer franchise in Los Angeles referred to as the Los Angeles Football Club. The soccer team entered competition in 2018.[7][8][9]

In 2016, Robbins partnered with Golden State Warriors co-owner Peter Guber and Washington Wizards co-owner Ted Leonsis to purchase Team Liquid, an eSports professional gaming organization.[10]

Robbins has worked on an individual basis with Bill Clinton,[11] Justin Tuck,[12] Hugh Jackman,[13] and Pitbull.[14] He has counseled American businessmen Peter Guber, Steve Wynn, and Marc Benioff.[15]

Robbins was criticized for comments alluding to the Me Too movement at a seminar in San Jose, California, on March 15, 2018, when he said: "If you use the #MeToo movement to try to get significance and certainty by attacking and destroying someone else… all you've done is basically use a drug called significance to make yourself feel good." He went on to tell a story about a "very powerful man" who passed on hiring a female candidate even though she was the most qualified because she was too attractive and would be "too big a risk". He later posted an apology on his Facebook page.[16]

In 1991, Robbins founded the Anthony Robbins Foundation,[17] intended to help the young, the homeless, the hungry, the elderly, and the imprisoned.[18] Independent charity watchdog Charity Navigator gave the foundation a rating of four out of four stars in 2017.[19]

In 2014, he donated the profits of his book, Money: Master the Game, along with an additional personal donation, through Feeding America to provide meals to people in need.[20][21][22] Robbins works with a water company called Spring Health, which provides fresh water to small villages in rural eastern India to prevent waterborne diseases.[23]

Robbins helped raise money for Operation Underground Railroad, a nonprofit organization that works with governments to fight against child trafficking and slavery with the assistance of former CIA, Navy SEALs, and Special operations operatives.[24]

In July 2010, NBC debuted "Breakthrough with Tony Robbins", a reality show that followed Robbins as he helped the show's participants face their personal challenges.[44][45] NBC canceled the show after airing two of the planned six episodes due to low viewership of 2.8 million.[46] In March 2012, the OWN Network picked up the show for another season beginning with the original first season set to re-run and thereafter leading directly into the new 2012 season.[47][48] In April 2012, Robbins began cohosting Oprah's Lifeclass on the OWN Network.[49]

In 2015, filmmaker Joe Berlinger directed and produced the documentary Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru, about the Tony Robbins event "Date with Destiny" after filming it in Boca Raton, Florida, in December 2014.[50] It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival in March 2016.[51] The documentary was translated into languages for 190 countries and released by Netflix on July 15, 2016.[50][52]

In 1984, Robbins married Rebecca Jenkins after meeting her at a seminar.[53][54][55] Jenkins had three children from two former marriages, whom Robbins adopted. Robbins and Jenkins filed for divorce in 1998.[55]

In 1984, Robbins fathered a child with former girlfriend Liz Acosta. Their son, Jairek Robbins, is also a personal empowerment coach and trainer.[56][57]

In October 2001, Robbins married Bonnie Humphrey.[58] They live in Manalapan, Florida. Bonnie changed her name to Sage. [59] During 2022 Tony and Sage welcomed a baby daughter.

Robbins was a vegan for 12 years, he then added fish to his diet.[60] Whilst eating a fish-heavy diet he developed mercury poisoning and nearly died.[61] His diet now consists of mostly vegetables with a small amount of animal protein.[61][62]

• Unlimited Power (1986). Free Press. ISBN 0-684-84577-6.
• Awaken the Giant Within (1991). Free Press. ISBN 0671791540.
• Giant Steps (1994). Touchstone. ISBN 0671891049.
• Money: Master the Game (2014). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 1476757801.
• Co-authored with Peter Mallouk (2017). Unshakeable: Your Financial Freedom Playbook. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 1501164589.

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