Ramit Sethi

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.

  

• In April 2005, Ramit Sethi began working as a part-time consultant at Omidyar Network and worked there till September 2006. 

• 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.