Jack Canfield

Jack Canfield is the founder and co-creator of the New York Times #1 best-selling book series Chicken Soup for the Soul®. With over 101 titles in print and over 100 million copies sold in 41 languages, Jack is a world-renowned expert at warming hearts and changing lives.

Behind the empire Time Magazine called the “publishing phenomenon of the decade” is America’s leading expert in creating peak performance for entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, managers, sales professionals, corporate employees and educators. Jack Canfield knows how to accelerate the personal achievement and career fulfillment of workgroups and individuals everywhere. He is a compelling, empowering and compassionate coach who has helped hundreds of thousands of individuals achieve their dreams. Jack’s latest book is The Success Principles: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be containing 64 powerful principles of success utilized by top achievers from all walks of life and all areas of commerce.

Jack is the CEO of Chicken Soup for the Soul Enterprises, an empire that encompasses licensing, merchandising and publishing activities around the globe. Jack’s nationally syndicated newspaper column is read in 150 papers worldwide, and the Chicken Soup for the Soul® radio shows syndicated throughout North America. Chicken Soup for the Soul® was a featured television program for both the PAX and ABC networks. And the company’s licensing division produces dozens of top-selling items including Chicken Soup for the Soul® nutriceuticals, pet foods, greetings cards, music, collectibles, a magazine Chicken Soup for the American Soul® and other licensed merchandise.

Jack’s background includes a BA from Harvard University, a Masters degree in Psychological Education from the University of Massachusetts and an Honorary Doctorate in Human Behavior from the University of Santa Monica. For the past 30 years, he has been a psychotherapist, an educational consultant, and a leading authority in the areas of self-esteem, achievement motivation and peak performance.