Ariane de Bonvoisin
Encyclopedia
Ariane de Bonvoisin is an author, entrepreneur and an expert on change. She is the founder and CEO of The First 30 Days, Inc, parent company of First30Days.com, a website for helping people make changes in their lives. Her book The First 30 Days: Your Guide to Making any Change Easier, was published by HarperOne in May 2008.
She is also the host of Change Nation, a weekly podcast where she interviews change experts, authors, celebrities and everyday people about getting through change in their lives.
. She can speak four languages—English, French, German and Spanish.
In January 2001, de Bonvoisin summited Mount Kilimanjaro
and in December 2002 she accompanied a group of students to Antarctica. She has also gone cage diving with great white sharks in South Africa, and has been a ski instructor .
She currently lives in New York City
.
at 19, de Bonvoisin joined the Boston Consulting Group
, where she worked in more than a dozen countries. http://www.first30days.com/ariane/get-to-know-me She then earned an MBA from Stanford University
and moved to New York to work for the media giants BMG and Sony. In 2000, Time Warner
tapped her to become the managing director of a new $500 million digital-media venture fund.
She left the corporate world to spend time in Africa working for a nonprofit, and she was a senior advisor on the book A Day in the Life of Africa created by author/editor David Elliot Cohen
. She had a short stint working on the Charlie Rose
show.
De Bonvoisin is also a certified trainer for the Anthony Robbins Companies, teaching at dozens of seminars on many subjects, including health, relationships, finances, life skills and spirituality.
De Bonvoisin began working on First30Days.com in 2002, after noticing that there was no single resource to help people through the initial period after a major change. She received major funding for First30Days from former Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons, Hearst Interactive Media, New York City Investment Fund and a number of angel donors.
In May 2008, HarperOne published her book, The First 30 Days: Your Guide to Making any Change Easier". She was subsequently interviewed about the book on the Today Show on NBC and the Early Show on CBS.
She is also the host of Change Nation, a weekly podcast where she interviews change experts, authors, celebrities and everyday people about getting through change in their lives.
Personal
De Bonvoisin was born in New York to French and Belgian parents. As a child, she attended five schools around the world and lived in six countries on three continents. By her early teens she was an international swimmer in Hong KongHong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
. She can speak four languages—English, French, German and Spanish.
In January 2001, de Bonvoisin summited Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is a dormant volcano in Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania and the highest mountain in Africa at above sea level .-Geology:...
and in December 2002 she accompanied a group of students to Antarctica. She has also gone cage diving with great white sharks in South Africa, and has been a ski instructor .
She currently lives in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
Career
After graduating from the London School of EconomicsLondon School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
at 19, de Bonvoisin joined the Boston Consulting Group
Boston Consulting Group
The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm with offices in 42 countries. It is recognized as one of the most prestigious management consulting firms in the world. It is one of only three companies to appear in the top 15 of Fortunes "Best Companies to Work For" report for...
, where she worked in more than a dozen countries. http://www.first30days.com/ariane/get-to-know-me She then earned an MBA from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
and moved to New York to work for the media giants BMG and Sony. In 2000, Time Warner
Time Warner
Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
tapped her to become the managing director of a new $500 million digital-media venture fund.
She left the corporate world to spend time in Africa working for a nonprofit, and she was a senior advisor on the book A Day in the Life of Africa created by author/editor David Elliot Cohen
David Elliot Cohen
David Elliot Cohen is an American author and publisher who has, over a 30-year span, created more than 70 photography books. He is probably best known for the bestselling Day in the Life and America 24/7 series of photography books that he co-created with Rick Smolan.Cohen created four New York...
. She had a short stint working on the Charlie Rose
Charlie Rose
Charles Peete "Charlie" Rose, Jr. is an American television talk show host and journalist. Since 1991 he has hosted Charlie Rose, an interview show distributed nationally by PBS since 1993...
show.
De Bonvoisin is also a certified trainer for the Anthony Robbins Companies, teaching at dozens of seminars on many subjects, including health, relationships, finances, life skills and spirituality.
De Bonvoisin began working on First30Days.com in 2002, after noticing that there was no single resource to help people through the initial period after a major change. She received major funding for First30Days from former Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons, Hearst Interactive Media, New York City Investment Fund and a number of angel donors.
In May 2008, HarperOne published her book, The First 30 Days: Your Guide to Making any Change Easier". She was subsequently interviewed about the book on the Today Show on NBC and the Early Show on CBS.