Ramit Sethi Age, Wife, Family, Biography
Quick Info→
Wife: Cassandra Campa
Hometown: California
Age: 42 Years
Bio/Wiki | |
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Birth Name | Amit |
Full Name | Ramit Singh Sethi |
Profession(s) | Writer, Podcaster |
Physical Stats & More | |
Height (approx.) | 5' 11" (180 cm) |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | Salt and Pepper |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | 30 June 1982 (Wednesday) |
Age (as of 2024) | 42 Years |
Birthplace | California, United States |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Nationality | American |
Hometown | California, United States |
Signature | |
Religion | Sikhism |
School | • Trajan Elementary School, California • Bella Vista High School, Fair Oaks, California |
College/University | • Stanford University, California • University of Oxford, England |
Educational Qualification(s) | • A certificate in social influence and persuasion at University of Oxford (2002) • Bachelor of Arts (Information & Society) in Science, Technology & Society with a minor in Psychology from Stanford University (2004) • Master of Arts in Sociology from Stanford University (2005) |
Food Habit | Non-Vegetarian |
Social Media | • Instagram • YouTube |
Relationships & More | |
Marital Status | Married |
Affairs/Girlfriends | Cassandra Campa |
Marriage Date | 28 July 2018 |
Marriage Place | Ritz-Carlton Lake Tahoe, California |
Family | |
Wife/Spouse | Cassandra Campa (founder of Next Level Wardrobe) |
Parents | Father- Prabhjot Sethi (Works at California Energy Commission) Mother- Neelam Sethi (retired teacher) |
Siblings | Brother- Maneesh Sethi (businessman) Sisters- 2 • Nagina Sethi Abdullah (full-time consultant, founder of the health and fitness program Masala Body) • Rachita Sethi Reddy (nephrologist at NYU Langone Huntington Medical Group) |
Style Quotient | |
Car Collection | Honda Accord |
Money Factor | |
Net Worth | $7.1 million (as of 2023) |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Ramit Sethi
- Ramit Sethi’s birth name was Amit. When he was two days old, his father realized that naming him Amit would give him the initials ASS.
- His parents went to the hospital the next day and claimed that they had forgotten to add an R to his name to avoid the $50 fee to get the name changed.
- Ramit Sethi grew up in a middle-class family in California.
- He won a spelling bee championship organised in his school when he was studying in sixth class.
- During his school days, he was a member of the Fair Oaks Soccer Club in California.
- After completing his schooling, he applied for more than 60 scholarships to fund his undergraduate and graduate studies at Stanford University.
- Later, Ramit Sethi did not use his scholarship money for Stanford tuition; however, he invested his first scholarship fund in the stock market and lost half of it.
- This loss motivated him to learn more about money while studying technology and psychology at Stanford University.
- Ramit Sethi worked as a Director of Special Projects at Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab from June 2001 to August 2006.
- From June 2003 to September 2003, he worked as an intern at Seth Godin Enterprises.
- While studying at Stanford in 2004, Ramit Sethi started sharing his knowledge of money management on his website, iwillteachyoutoberich.com.
- He worked as a Viral Marketing Architect at Auction Drop from June 2004 to April 2005.
- He joined as a part-time consultant at Storm Ventures (venture capital) in July 2005 and worked there till December 2005.
- In July 2005, Ramit Sethi co-founded PBwiki (later renamed PBworks) and worked as its marketing vice president till January 2009.
- He has undergone body transformation.
- According to a noted business media outlet, his financial coaching programs have helped thousands of people start their businesses.
- His brother, Maneesh Sethi, is the founder of a company named Pavlok wearables and appeared in season seven of ABC’s Shark Tank.
- In 2009, Ramit Sethi released the book “I Will Teach You to Be Rich.” In 2019, Sethi released a second edition of this book, which includes a 6-week program on managing money more effectively.
- Ramit Sethi hosts a podcast with the same title, where he talks with couples about handling financial stress.
- He met Cassandra Campa in 2012 at a mutual friend’s barbecue in New York.
- In August 2023, the book was ranked #3 on the New York Times Best Sellers list.
- On 18 April 2023, on National Tax Day in the United States, Netflix released a series titled ‘How to Get Rich,’ where Sethi gives personal and financial advice.
- Ramit Sethi likes travelling to distant places in his free time.
- Playing paratrooper and flying Apache helicopter are his favourite hobbies.
- He is often spotted enjoying alcoholic beverages on various occasions.