susan lynn orman, better known as suze orman (born june 5, 1951) is an american financial advisor, motivational speaker, and television host. orman was born in chicago. she received her b.a. in social work. she worked as a financial advisor for merrill lynch. in 1983 she became the vice-president of investments at prudential bache securities. in 1987, she founded the suze orman financial group. she hosts "the suze orman show" on cnbc since 2002. orman has written seven new york times best seller books. she also hosted six pbs specials based on her books, for which she won two daytime emmy awards. in addition to this, she also hosts programs on qvc.