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Timothy Ferriss

Geboren: July 20, 1977 – East Hampton, New York, United States

Timothy Ferriss is an American author, investor, and podcast host who writes about productivity, entrepreneurship, performance, and self-experimentation. He is best known for The 4-Hour Workweek, along with Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. His books have sold millions of copies worldwide, and his podcast is among the most downloaded interview shows.

Biografie & Werdegang des Autors

Timothy Ferriss is an American author, entrepreneur, investor, and media host whose career grew out of an unusually experimental start. Educated at St. Paul’s School and Princeton University, where he earned a BA in 2000 and studied language acquisition and East Asian Studies, he has said that his nonfiction writing was shaped by Pulitzer Prize winner John McPhee and that his broader life philosophy was influenced by Nobel laureate Kenzaburō Ōe. After a brief sales role at TrueSAN Networks, he founded BrainQUICKEN in 2001 and sold the sports-nutrition company to private equity in January 2009. Ferriss later described the company’s growth, and the burnout it caused, as the pressure cooker that pushed him to rethink work, lifestyle, and ambition. ((https://tim.blog/about))

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