1. Ryan Holiday was born on June 16,1987 and is an American marketer, author, businessman and podcaster, notable for marketing Stoic philosophy in the form of books.
14 Facts About Ryan Holiday
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Ryan Holiday began his career after dropping out of the University of California, Riverside at the age of 19.
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Ryan Holiday consulted for author Tucker Max and, later, he worked with Robert Greene on his 2009 New York Times bestselling book, The 50th Law.
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Ryan Holiday served as Director of Marketing for American Apparel and, later, as an adviser to the company.
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Ryan Holiday has consulted on a number of media campaigns and written extensively on the topic of media manipulation.
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Ryan Holiday is the author of several books and has written for Forbes, Fast Company, The Huffington Post, The Columbia Journalism Review, The Guardian, Thought Catalog, Medium.
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Ryan Holiday published his first book, a media expose about the state of online journalism called Trust Me, I'm Lying, in July 2012, which debuted at number 8 on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list for Hardcover Business.
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Ryan Holiday has written a chapter in Tim Ferriss' book Tools of Titans.
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Ryan Holiday was described as "leading the charge for Stoicism," which has been noted for gaining traction among Silicon Valley entrepreneurs.
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In 2023, Ryan Holiday published The Daily Dad, offering daily Stoic-inspired insights for fathers.
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Ryan Holiday wrote public letters encouraging his father not to vote for Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020.
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Ryan Holiday supported Joe Biden in the 2020 United States presidential election.
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In September 2020, Ryan Holiday contributed $10,000 toward the removal of two Confederate monuments from the Bastrop County Courthouse to an alternative site.
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Ryan Holiday owns and operates the independent bookstore Painted Porch Bookshop in Bastrop, Texas.