Ariane de Bonvoisin

Ariane de Bonvoisin is an author, speaker, entrepreneur and an expert on change. She is the founder and CEO of The First 30 Days and is the author of Giggles and Joy: Life Lessons for Kids and The First 30 Days: Your Guide to Making any Change Easier.[1]

Ariane de Bonvoisin

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.[2]

Personal

De Bonvoisin was born in New York to French and Belgian parents. In her teens she was an international swimmer in Hong Kong.[3] She can speak four languages—English, French, German and Spanish.[4] She is featured in the documentary, The Highest Pass, a spiritual motorcycle journey through the Himalayas, released in 2012.

She currently lives between New York City and Cape Town with her husband Alfie and son Everest.

Career

After graduating from the London School of Economics, de Bonvoisin joined the Boston Consulting Group.[5] She then earned an MBA from Stanford University and moved to New York to work for BMG and Sony.

De Bonvoisin began working on First30Days.com in 2006, receiving funding for First30Days from former Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons, Hearst Interactive Media, New York City Investment Fund and a number of angel donors.[6]

In May 2008, HarperOne published her book, The First 30 Days: Your Guide to Making any Change Easier.[1] She was subsequently interviewed about the book on the Today Show on NBC [7] and the Early Show on CBS.[8]

References
  1. ISBN 978-0-06-147283-1
  2. Change Nation weekly podcast, First30Days.com
  3. Cecilia Goodnow, "Ariane de Bonvoisin, founder of First30Days, tells you how to deal with life's curveballs", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 13, 2008
  4. "min online". Archived from the original on 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
  5. "Ariane's Blog | First 30 Days". www.first30days.com.
  6. "Self-Help Site First30Days.com Launches With $5 Million from Hearst and Dick Parsons", Techcrunch.com, February 11, 2008
  7. NBC "Today" show interview on her book
  8. Interview on CBS "The Early Show"
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