Ariane de Bonvoisin

Ariane de Bonvoisin (born May 25, 1972) 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 Any Change (And Loving Your Life More)", 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. [ [http://www.first30days.com/change-nation.html "Change Nation" weekly podcast] , First30Days.com]

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 Kong. [Cecilia Goodnow, [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/lifestyle/370491_change14.html "Ariane de Bonvoisin, founder of First30Days, tells you how to deal with life's curveballs"] , "Seattle Post-Intelligencer", July 13, 2008] She can speak four languages—English, French, German and Spanish. [ [http://www.minonline.com/min/7012.html "min" online] ]

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 . [Charlotte Latvala, [http://www.redbookmag.com/your/change-your-life "30 Days to a Happier Life"] , "Redbook" magazine, May 2008]

Career

After graduating from the London School of Economics 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. [Jack Meyers, [http://www.jackmyers.com/commentary/media-business-report/15777322.html "Beyond Hope: First30days.com Offers Template for Implementing Change"] , "Jack Meyers Media Business Report", February 20, 2008]

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. She had a short stint working on the Charlie Rose show. [Andrew Keen, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/andrew-keen-on-new-media-856842.html "We all deserve a second chance in life. Now we can get it on the web"] , "The Independent" (UK), June 30, 2008]

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 2006, 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. [ [http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/11/self-help-site-first30dayscom-launches-with-5-million-from-hearst-and-dick-parsons/ "Self-Help Site First30Days.com Launches With $5 Million from Hearst and Dick Parsons"] , Techcrunch.com, February 11, 2008]

In May 2008, HarperOne published her book, "The First 30 Days: Your Guide to Any Change (And Loving Your Life More)".ISBN 9780061472831] She was subsequently interviewed about the book on the "Today Show" on NBC [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24521260#24521260 NBC "Today" show interview on her book] ] and the "Early Show" on CBS. [ [http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=4207158n Interview on CBS "The Early Show"] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.first30days.com/ariane/get-to-know-me Biography at first30days.com]