Ramit Singh Sethi (born June 30, 1982) is an American author, entrepreneur, and media personality. He is the author of the 2009 New York Times Best Seller,[1]I Will Teach You to Be Rich, host of the I Will Teach You To Be Rich podcast, and host of the 2023 Netflix series titled How to Get Rich. He previously co-founded PBworks, a commercial wiki website.[2][3]
Sethi attended Bella Vista High School in Fair Oaks, California.[4] In 2004, he graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts (Information & Society) in Science, Technology & Society with a minor in Psychology.[5] In 2005 he received a Master of Arts in sociology (Social Psychology and Interpersonal Processes), also from Stanford.[4]
In 2009, Sethi released I Will Teach You to Be Rich.[8] He re-released an updated version in 2019.[9] The book was ranked #3 on the New York Times Best Sellers list in August 2023.[10] In 2022, he released an updated edition of the book titled I Will Teach You to Be Rich: The Journal, focusing on financial management and including practical exercises and motivational content.[11]
He also hosts the podcast I Will Teach You To Be Rich in which he speaks with couples as they navigate financial stress.[12] On April 18, 2023, a date chosen to coincide with National Tax Day in the United States,[1] a Netflix series was released titled How to Get Rich in which Sethi gives personal and financial advice to people.[13][14]