Tim Ferriss

{{short description|American entrepreneur, investor, author, and podcaster (born 1977)}}

{{distinguish|text=the science writer Timothy Ferris or the musician Tim Farriss}}

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| birth_name = Timothy Ferriss

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|7|20}}

| birth_place = East Hampton, New York, U.S.

| occupation = Author, podcaster, investor

| education = Princeton University (BA)

| genre = Self-help, Physical fitness

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Timothy Ferriss (born July 20, 1977) is an American entrepreneur, investor, author, podcaster, and lifestyle guru.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kymmcnicholas/2010/12/21/names-you-need-to-know-in-2011-tim-ferriss/|title=Names You Need To Know In 2011: Tim Ferriss|first=Kym|last=McNicholas|website=Forbes}}{{cite web|url=http://angel.co/tim|title=Angel List}} He is known for his 4-Hour self-help book series—including The 4-Hour Work Week, The 4-Hour Body, and The 4-Hour Chef{{cite magazine|date=2021-10-25|title=Revisiting "The 4-Hour Workweek"|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/office-space/revisiting-the-4-hour-workweek|access-date=2021-11-11|magazine=The New Yorker|language=en-US}}—that focused on lifestyle optimizations, but he has since reconsidered this approach.{{cite web |last1=Skipper |first1=Clay |title=Tim Ferriss Has Changed His Mind on What Success Looks Like |url=https://www.gq.com/story/tim-ferriss-interview-quarantine-psychedelics |website=GQ |date=22 July 2020 |access-date=12 February 2021 |language=en-us}} He also supports scientific research into psychedelic treatments.

Early life

Ferriss grew up in East Hampton, New York, and credits his poor health in childhood for sparking an interest in self-improvement. At age 15, he spent a year in Japan as an exchange student.{{Cite web|title=Tim Ferriss: How travel helped me learn to kick ass|url= https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/tim-ferriss-4-hour-workweek-japan-trip/index.html|date=5 November 2015|website=CNN}}{{Cite web|last=Feloni|first=Richard|title=How Tim Ferriss Beat Depression and Became an Inspirational Icon|url=https://www.inc.com/business-insider/tim-ferris-life-40-hour-work-week.html|date=28 November 2017|website=Inc.}} He was a member of the wrestling team in high school.{{Cite magazine|last=Mead|first=Rebecca|title=Better, Faster, Stronger|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/09/05/better-faster-stronger|date=29 August 2011|magazine=The New Yorker}} After graduating from St. Paul's School, he attended Princeton University, earning a B.A. in East Asian studies in 2000,{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/tim-ferriss-explains-how-he-built-a-fanbase-of-millions-2017-11|title='The 4-Hour Workweek' author Tim Ferriss reveals what he's learned after a difficult year of introspection, and how he built a passionate fanbase of millions|website=Business Insider|first=Daniel|last=Richards}} then first worked in sales at a data storage company.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/fashion/27Ferris.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times|first=Stephanie|last=Rosenbloom|title=The World According to Tim Ferriss|date=March 25, 2011}}

Career

In 2001, Ferriss founded BrainQUICKEN, an internet-based nutritional supplements business, while still employed at his prior job.{{cite news|url=https://www.princeton.edu/~paw/web_exclusives/alumni_spotlight/as_112206ferriss.html|title=From Workaholic to Tango King|first=Dan|last=Grech|work=100 Years of Princeton Alumni Weekly|date=November 22, 2006}} He sold the company, then known as BodyQUICK, to a London-based private equity firm in 2010.Multiple sources:

{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B03EEDA1E31F930A25755C0A9619C8B63|title=In the Hunt; The Hectic Chronicles|author=Bowers, Brent|work=New York Times|date=June 13, 2007}}
{{cite news|last=Ferriss|first=Tim|title=How I Work|publisher=CNN Money|date=September 5, 2007|url=https://money.cnn.com/2007/05/04/magazines/fsb/4_hour_week.fsb/index.htm|access-date=April 5, 2008}}
{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/sb-money/valuation/timothy-ferriss-and-the-4-hour-exit/article1744976|work=The Globe and Mail|first=John|last=Warrillow|title=Why Tim Ferriss Sold His Muse|date=October 6, 2010|location=Toronto}}
{{cite news|url=http://www.inc.com/articles/2010/10/why-tim-ferriss-sold-brainquicken.html|work=Inc. Magazine|first=John|last=Warrillow|title=Why Tim Ferriss Sold His Muse|date=November 11, 2010}}[https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Story?id=3753402&page=1 Tim Ferriss Wants You to Get a Life], ABC News, October 11, 2007. He has stated that The 4-Hour Workweek was based on this period.

Ferriss has been an angel investor and startup advisor.Multiple sources:

Hartley, Matt. [http://business.financialpost.com/2011/04/26/ottawas-shopify-launches-500000-build-a-business-promotion/ Ottawa's Shopify launches $500,000 Build-A-Business promotion], National Post, April 26, 2011. "This year, participants will receive advice on building their fledgling businesses from some of the most well-regarded names from the startup and technology worlds – including prominent angel investor Tim Ferriss."
Hill, Kashmir. [https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2011/0425/features-health-personal-data-work-out-taking-my-measure.html Taking My Measure]. Forbes. April 6, 2011. He invested or advised in companies including Reputation.com, Trippy, and TaskRabbit.Multiple sources:
[https://techcrunch.com/2010/04/29/tim-ferriss-angel-investing Tim "The 4-Hour Workweek" Ferriss On Angel Investing (Video)]. TechCrunch. "Some of the companies he's invested in and/or acts as an advisor for are Digg, Twitter, StumbleUpon, Posterous, SimpleGeo and DailyBurn."
Bertoni, Steven. [https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2011/04/14/tim-ferriss-on-facebook-twitter-and-building-a-huge-web-brand/ Tim Ferriss On Facebook, Twitter And Building A Huge Web Brand], Forbes. April 14, 2011. "Q: You were an early investor in Twitter, what did you see in the company? A: I'm involved with the Tech scene and companies ranging from Facebook, Stumbleupon and Twitter. I knew a number of the guys and a number of the investors. I decided to invest when I saw Twitter..."
Wauters, Robin. [https://techcrunch.com/2010/05/18/evernote-tim-ferriss/ Tim Ferriss Joins Startup Evernote As Strategic Advisor]. TechCrunch. May 18, 2010.
Moran, Gwen. [http://www.nbcnews.com/id/47747064 Big Investors Are Helping Trippy Go the Distance]{{dead link|date=August 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} MSNBC. June 9, 2012. "First, he approached Tim Ferriss, author of the bestselling book The 4-Hour Workweek, to be an advisor. Ferriss wanted in—and also wanted to be part of the seed investing team..."
Busque, Leah. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/women-20/-the-best-750-i-ever-spen_b_1209677.html "The Best $750 I Ever Spent Bootstrapping My Startup: One Plane Ticket West"], The Huffington Post, January 18, 2012.
Rao, Leena. [https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/29/kevin-rose-invests-in-facebook-on-secondmarket Kevin Rose Invests In Facebook On SecondMarket], TechCrunch.com, January 29, 2011.
Kingcaid, Jason [https://techcrunch.com/2009/05/26/feel-the-dailyburn-gyminee-gets-a-new-name-raises-525k/ Feel the DailyBurn] TechCrunch. May 26, 2009. He is a pre-seed money advisor to Uber.{{cite web|last1=Byrnes|first1=Brendan|title=An Interview With Tim Ferriss, Author of 'The 4-Hour Workweek'|date=2 January 2014 |url=http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/01/02/an-interview-with-tim-ferriss-author-of-the-4-hour.aspx|publisher=Motley Fool}}{{cite web|last1=Mangalindan|first1=JP|title=Tim Ferriss: Tech has too much 'dumb capital'|url=http://fortune.com/2013/08/22/tim-ferriss-tech-has-too-much-dumb-capital/|work=Fortune}} In 2013, Ferriss raised $250,000 to invest in Shyp by forming a syndicate on AngelList.{{cite web|last1=Constine|first1=Josh|title=Betaworks And Tim Ferriss Among First Using General Solicitation To Ask Crowds For Investment|date=23 September 2013 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/23/general-solicitation-already-in-use/|publisher=TechCrunch}} Ferriss raised over $500,000 through his backers, and Shyp raised a total of $2.1 million. In 2018, Shyp shut down{{cite web|last1=Kumparak|first1=Greg|title=Shyp Raises $2.1M To Pick Up And Ship Your Stuff|date=27 September 2013 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/27/shyp-raises-2-1m-to-pick-up-and-ship-your-stuff/|publisher=TechCrunch}}{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/16/angellist-unveils-maiden-lane-a-25-million-fund-for-angellist-deals/|title=AngelList Unveils Maiden Lane, A $25 Million Fund For AngelList Deals|website=TechCrunch|date=16 April 2014 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-16}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialpoise.com/ranking-top-angel-and-vc-fund-managers-part-1/|title=Ranking the Top Angel and Venture Capital Fund Managers (Part 1)|date=2016-08-12|website=Financial Poise|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-16}} and laid off all its employees.{{Cite web|last=Gibbon|first=Kevin|date=March 27, 2018|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-cant-wait-you-see-what-we-do-next-kevin-gibbon/|title=I Can't Wait for You to See What We Do Next|website=LinkedIn.com}} Ferriss was an advisor to Shopify,{{Cite news|last=Feloni|first=Richard|title= These Entrepreneurs are Leading 8 Of the Fastest-Growing New Retailers in the World -and Now Tony Robbins and Tim Ferriss Will Help|url= https://www.businessinsider.com/tony-robbins-shopify-build-a-bigger-business-winners-2017-9|date=September 5, 2017|website=Business Insider}} helping them to launch the "Build a Business" competition that fostered web-store startups in 2010 with a $100,000 prize.{{Cite news|last=Kolodny|first=Lora|title= Shopify, a Start-Up, Starts Its Own Business Competition |url= https://archive.nytimes.com/boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/shopify-gains-customers-with-a-competition/ |date=February 2, 2010|website=NYT}}{{Cite news|last=Baldwin|first=Stephen M.|title= The Invisible Selling Machine|url=https://fortune.com/2017/03/15/shopify-ecommerce-revolution/|date=March 15, 2017|website=Fortune}} He was also an investor in Duolingo{{Cite news|last=Spangler|first=Todd|title=Tim Shey, Former YouTube Programming Exec, Joins Duolingo (Exclusive)|url=https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/tim-shey-youtube-originals-duolingo-1202835993/|date=June 11, 2018|website=Variety}} and Twitter.{{Cite news|last=Guo|first=Jerry|title='The 4-Hour Body': Tim Ferriss's Latest Book Wows|url= https://www.newsweek.com/4-hour-body-tim-ferrisss-latest-book-wows-66817 |date=January 4, 2011|website=Newsweek}}

In November 2013, Ferriss began an audiobook publishing venture, Tim Ferriss Publishing.{{cite web|last1=Ha|first1=Anthony|title='4 Hour Workweek' Author Tim Ferriss Is Becoming An Audiobook Publisher|date=11 November 2013 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/11/11/tim-ferriss-publishing/|publisher=TechCrunch}} The first book published was Vagabonding by Rolf Potts. Other books include Ego Is the Enemy and The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday, Daily Rituals by Mason Currey, and What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars by Jim Paul and Brendan Moynihan.{{Cite news|url=https://tim.blog/category/tim-ferriss-book-club/|title=Tim Ferriss Book Club|website=The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss}}

Also, in 2015, Ferriss declared a long vacation from new investing. He cited the stress of the work and a feeling his impact was "minimal in the long run", and said he planned to spend time on his writing and media projects.{{cite web|title=How to Say "No" When It Matters Most|date=30 October 2015 |url=https://tim.blog/2015/10/29/startup-vacation-2/}} In 2017 he stated one of the reasons he moved from Silicon Valley was that, "After effectively 'retiring' from angel investing 2 years ago," he had no professional need to be in the Bay Area.{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/7erct8/i_am_tim_ferriss_host_of_the_tim_ferriss_show_and/dq6zrh1/|access-date=November 22, 2017|title=Reddit AMA|date=22 November 2017 }}

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Ferriss has written five books, The 4-Hour Workweek (2007, expanded edition 2009), The 4-Hour Body (2010), The 4-Hour Chef (2012), Tools of Titans (2016), and Tribe of Mentors (2017).

In December 2013, The Tim Ferriss Experiment debuted on HLN. The series focused on Ferriss' life hacking and speed learning methods. Although 13 episodes were produced, only a portion were shown on television.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3366078/|title=The Tim Ferriss Experiment|via=IMDb}} Ferriss also hosted the 2017 TV show Fear{Less} with Tim Ferriss, in which he interviews people from different industries about success and innovation.{{cite web|url=http://start.att.net/exclusive/audience/fearless-with-tim-ferriss|title=Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss|website=Show Experience}} In 2015, Ferriss acquired the rights to all of The Tim Ferriss Experiment{{'}}s episodes. He distributed them on iTunes, where they were featured in the most-downloaded chart.{{Cite news|last=Feloni|first=Richard|title=How Tim Ferriss Beat Depression and Became an Inspirational Icon|url=https://www.inc.com/business-insider/tim-ferris-life-40-hour-work-week.html|date=November 28, 2017|website=Inc}} In 2016, Ferriss was listed in Fortune (magazine)'s 40 Under 40.{{Cite news|title=40 Under 40|url= https://fortune.com/ranking/40-under-40/2016/tim-ferriss/|date=2016|website=Fortune}}

Ferriss has publicly advocated the value of Stoicism and meditation, crediting it with helping him deal with his bipolar disorder,[https://mensgroup.com/tim-ferriss-ray-dilio-living-with-bipolar "Tim Ferriss, Ray Dalio & Gary Vynerchuk – Managing life with Bipolar"], Sean Galla[https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/14/tim-ferriss-simple-strategy-to-manage-fear-is-his-secret-to-success.html "Tim Ferriss' simple 3-step strategy for managing fear is his secret to business success"], Catherine Clifford and states that his personal experience with psychiatric disorders and losing a friend to fentanyl drug overdose motivates his involvement in psychedelics research.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/health/ferriss-psychedelic-drugs-depression.html|title=Tim Ferriss, the Man Who Put His Money Behind Psychedelic Medicine|last=Carey|first=Benedict|date=2019-09-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-08-09}}

In 2017, Tim Ferriss gave the TED talk "Why you should define your fears instead of your goals".{{cite web|last=Ferriss|first=Tim|title=Why you should define your fears instead of your goals|date=2017-06-12|url=https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_ferriss_why_you_should_define_your_fears_instead_of_your_goals|language=en|access-date=2021-11-11}}

He reevaluated his earlier ideas in a 2020 interview with GQ, concluding that "not everything that is meaningful can be measured." In his turn towards resilience and even spirituality, he recommended three books, Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach, Awareness by Anthony de Mello, and Letters From a Stoic (Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium) by Lucius Seneca.{{cite podcast |host=Adriana Huffington|title= Tim Ferriss on Giving Up Control |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tim-ferriss-on-giving-up-control/id1180759468?i=1000518772500 |publisher=Apple |date=26 April 2021 |access-date=26 June 2023}} He calls the last one, "My favorite writing of all time".{{cite web|title=The Tao of Seneca|date=22 January 2016 |url=https://tim.blog/2016/01/22/the-tao-of-seneca/amp/}}

Ferriss is the host of The Tim Ferriss Show, an interview-centered podcast that has been running since 2014.{{Cite news|last=Mattox|first=Brendan|title=Tim Ferriss Wants to Show You his Toolkit|url=https://podcastreview.org/review/the-tim-ferriss-show/|date=May 8, 2019|website=Podcast Review}} The podcast has more than one billion downloads.{{Cite news|title=Best Business Podcasts|url=https://www.ramseysolutions.com/business/best-business-podcasts|date=August 20, 2024|website=Ramsey Solutions}} Popular podcast guests include Brené Brown,{{Cite news|last=Pugachevsky|first=Julia|title=A Resurfaced Clip From Bestselling Author Brene' Brown Explains Why Marriages Should Never Be 50/50|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/brene-brown-tim-ferriss-50-50-rule-marriage-debunk-2023-6|date=June 16, 2023|website=Business Insider}} Jamie Foxx,{{Cite news|last=Feloni|first=Richard|title=Jamie Foxx Explains the Insight That Fueled His Highly Successful Career|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/jamie-foxx-shares-his-best-advice-2015-12|date=December 11, 2015|website=Business Insider}} Arnold Schwarzenegger,{{Cite news|last=Flannagan|first=S.|title=The Trick Arnold Schwarzenegger Used to Defeat His Bodybuilding Competitors|url=https://www.grunge.com/1394025/trick-arnold-schwarzenegger-defeated-bodybuilding-competitors/|date=September 18, 2023|website=Grunge}} Maria Sharapova,{{Cite news|last=Elkins|first=Kathleen|title=Tennis Star Maria Sharapova Wakes Up At 6:30 A.M. Every Day – Here's Her Morning Routine|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/08/grand-slam-champion-maria-sharapovas-morning-routine.html|date=September 8, 2017|website=CNBC}} LeBron James,{{Cite news|last=Davis|first=Scott|title=LeBron James has a Detailed Sleep Plan, and his Trainer Says it's the Key to his 'Never-Ending' Recovery|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/lebron-james-says-sleep-critical-recovery-2018-11|date=November 28, 2018|website=Business Insider}} and Matthew McConaughey.{{Cite news|last1=Gupta|first1=Boshika|last2=Pereira|first2=Sergio|title=The Tragic Real-Life Story of Matthew McConaughey|url= https://www.grunge.com/297056/the-tragic-real-life-story-of-matthew-mcconaughey/|date=December 16, 2020|website=Grunge}}

Philanthropy

Ferriss became interested in the potential of psychedelics due to personal experiences with depression, as well as bipolar disorder, depression, and addiction in his family.{{Cite news|last=Skipper|first=Clay|title=From Productivity to Psychedelics: Tim Ferriss Has Changed His Mind About Success|url= https://www.gq.com/story/tim-ferriss-interview-quarantine-psychedelics|date=July 22, 2020|website=GQ}} In 2015, Ferriss met Roland Griffiths, who was leading research in psychedelics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and organized a crowdfunding campaign to support Griffiths' research into depression.

In 2019, Ferriss contributed to Imperial College London's Center for Psychedelic Research.{{Cite news|last=Brodwin|first=Erin|title=Tim Ferriss just helped launch the world's first research center dedicated to turning psychedelics into medicines|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/tim-ferriss-first-psychedelic-research-center-launches-imperial-london-2019-4%7C|date=April 26, 2019|website=Business Insider}} That year, Ferriss donated more than $2 million to fund the Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research led by Griffiths, and he organized an additional $8 million in commitments.{{Cite news|last=O’Brien|first=Jeffrey|title=Business gets ready to trip: How psychedelic drugs may revolutionize mental health care|url=https://fortune.com/longform/psychedelic-drugs-business-mental-health/%7C|website=Fortune}}{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/tim-ferriss-is-funding-psilocybin-research-for-depression-2016-1|title='4-hour Workweek' author Tim Ferriss plans to donate $100,000 toward studying how to treat depression with psychedelics like magic mushrooms|last1=Lebowitz |first1=Shana |work=Business Insider}}

In 2020, Ferriss donated $1 million to the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies for research into PTSD treatments using psychedelic-drug MDMA. He issued a $10 million challenge grant, and helped to raise a total of $30 million for the research by publicizing the challenge on his podcast.{{Cite news|last=Ramachandran|first=Shalini|title=Silicon Valley and Wall Street Elites Pour Money Into Psychedelic Research|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/silicon-valley-and-wall-street-elites-pour-money-into-psychedelic-research-11597941470%7C|date=August 20, 2020|website=Wall Street Journal}}{{Cite news|title=2020's Most Groundbreaking Developments in Psychedelics|url=https://www.lucid.news/2020s-most-groundbreaking-developments-in-psychedelics/|date=December 20, 2020|website=Lucid News}} The following year, Ferriss donated to promote psychedelic research at the Neuroscape Psychedelics Division at the University of California, San Francisco, led by Robin Carhart-Harris and Adam Gazzaley.{{Cite news|last=Love|first=Shalya|title=Harvard Lawyers Will Study the Legal Questions Around Psychedelic Treatment|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/4avneq/harvard-lawyers-will-study-the-legal-questions-around-psychedelic-treatment%7C|date=June 30, 2021|website=Vice}}

In 2018, Ferriss founded the Saisei Foundation.{{Cite web |title=Saisei Foundation|url=https://saiseifoundation.org/%7C |website=Saisei Foundation}} In 2021, the foundation committed $800,000 to UC Berkeley's Center for the Science of Psychedelics to create the Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship with author Michael Pollan.{{Cite news|last=Jarvie|first=Emily|title=Tim Ferriss and Michael Pollan Team Up to Launch UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship|url=https://psychedelicspotlight.com/tim-ferriss-michael-pollan-launch-uc-berkeley-psychedelic-journalism-fellowship/%7C|date=September 15, 2021|website=Psychedelic Spotlight}} The fellowship provides ten annual grants of $10,000 each to journalists working on in-depth print and audio stories focused on psychedelics.{{Cite web |title=The Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship – UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism|url=https://fellowships.journalism.berkeley.edu/bcsp/#:~:text=About%20the%20Fellowship,this%20new%20era%20of%20psychedelics. |website=fellowships.journalism.berkeley.edu}} The Foundation also collaborated with the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School and co-funded POPLAR, the Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation.

Ferriss was a member of the National Advisory Council of DonorsChoose and, as of 2016, was a donor and a member of the advisory board of QuestBridge.{{Cite news|last=Schawabel|first=Dan|title=Tim Ferriss: What You Can Learn From the Habits of World-Class Performers|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danschawbel/2016/12/06/tim-ferriss-what-you-can-learn-from-the-habits-of-world-class-performers/|date=December 6, 2016|website=Forbes}}{{Cite news|last=Carlton|first=Jim|title=Venture Captitalists Help Connect Low-Income Students with Elite Colleges|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/silicon-valley-venture-capitalists-help-connect-low-income-students-with-elite-colleges-1431535621|date=May 13, 2015|website=Wall Street Journal}} In 2016, as part of a #BestSchoolDay campaign led by Stephen Colbert, Ferriss funded all 145 classroom projects on Long Island,{{Cite news|last=Sampson|first=Christine|title=All by Himself, 145 Projects|url=https://www.easthamptonstar.com/archive/all-himself-145-projects|date=May 17, 2016|website=East Hampton Star}} as well as all the classroom projects in New Hampshire and Sacramento, California with DonorsChoose.org.{{Cite news|last=Lee|first=Rebecca|title=Stephen Colbert Unveils Donors for #BestSchoolDay|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stephen-colbert-best-school-day-donors-choose-funding-american-classrooms-in-need/|date=March 10, 2016|website=CBS News}}{{cite news |last1=Kitchen |first1=Patricia |title=Author Tim Ferriss 'flash funds' 145 school projects on LI |url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/author-tim-ferriss-flash-funds-145-school-projects-on-li-s15254 |publisher=Newsday |date=March 12, 2016}}

Personal life

Ferriss won a National Chinese Kickboxing Championship by technical knock-out, and is the first American to hold a Guinness World Record for tango spins.

Published works

{{cite book | author=Ferriss, Timothy| publisher=Crown Publishers|location= New York| title=The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9–5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich| year=2007| isbn=978-0-307-35313-9}}
{{cite book | author=Ferriss, Timothy| publisher=Crown Publishers|location= New York| title=The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9–5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich|edition= Expanded and Updated| year=2009| isbn=978-0-307-46535-1}}
{{cite book | author=Ferriss, Timothy| publisher=Crown Archetype|location= New York| title=The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman| year=2010| isbn=978-0307463630}}
{{cite book | author=Ferriss, Timothy| publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|location= New York| title=The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life| year=2012| isbn=978-0-547-88459-2}}
{{cite book | author=Ferriss, Timothy| publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|location= New York| title=Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers| year=2016| isbn=978-1-328-68378-6}}
{{cite book | author=Ferriss, Timothy| publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|location= New York| title=Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World| year=2017| isbn=978-1-328-99496-7}}