Dean was born and raised in Marlboro, New York. He is the son of Paul Graziosi and Gloria Post and is the younger of two children. His childhood was difficult, as his family faced many financial challenges and moved more than 20 times before he was 19 years old. Dean Graziosi did his first business investment well over 25 years ago. Dean is now a multiple New York Times best-selling author, entrepreneur, and educator. He lives in Paradise Valley, AZ with his wife, Lisa, and his three children. He has started or played a major role in over 14 successful companies – including the Mastermind.com platform. Together with Tony Robbins, Dean Graziosi had the largest online product launch in history with a program they co-created called Project Next. Their world-class courses continue to impact over 50,000 people in 150+ countries. These people from all walks of life in more than 4,100 niches are sharing what they know and helping to make self-education the new norm. In 2021, Dean Graziosi and Tony Robbins also hosted the largest online challenge in history with nearly 1 million registrants for the Own Your Future Challenge. They continue to support this audience through their free Facebook Community. In the past he has raised and donated over $1,000,000 to different organizations like the ALS Association and Richard Branson’s Virgin Unite. Dean also founded “Operation Free Home” in 2007, a program that provides people in need with a home to live in, free for one year, to help them get back on their feet. Dean has donated over 8,000,000 meals to Feeding America to help feed families in need, he has built multiple schools in Africa with the great help of Village Impact and has even just recently donated $500,000 to help liberate children from human trafficking and sexual exploitation through Operation underground Railroad.