Biography

Suze Orman was born on June 5, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for The Suze Orman Show (2002), 30 Rock (2006) and The Simpsons (1989). She has been married to Kathy Travis since September 2010.

As a young woman, Orman worked for 7 years as a short-order cook/waitress at the Buttercup Bakery in Berkeley, California.

Listed in Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World" (Artists & Entertainers section) with a tribute written Donny Deutsch (12 May 2008 issue).

Had emergency appendectomy surgery on June 5, 2010 in Chicago.

Holds a degree in social work from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The world does not need another credit card. The world needs another vehicle to get people to pay in cash. People have got to learn: if they don't have cookies in the cookie jar, they can't eat cookies.

For seven years I was a waitress making $400 a month. Don't think that I don't remember what it's like not to have a pot to pee in. Who would you want to be giving you advice? Somebody who doesn't have any money?

People first, then money, then things!