Press & media kit
Speaker. Entrepreneur. Visionary. Fitness pioneer.
Everything a producer, booking agent or journalist needs: the official bio in three lengths, fast facts, approved photos and selected press. For interviews and bookings, write to support@teamforbesriley.com.
Official bio
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Forbes Riley is the Queen of Pitch: an award-winning TV host with more than $2.5 billion in sales, creator of the SpinGym fitness sensation, National Fitness Hall of Fame inductee, keynote speaker and author. She teaches entrepreneurs, speakers and dreamers to get to YES.
Forbes Riley is recognized internationally as an award-winning TV host, spokesperson, celebrity fitness and lifestyle expert, keynote speaker and author. Host of more than 180 national infomercials with over $2.5 billion in sales across 80 countries, she launched Fit-TV with Jake Steinfeld (sold to FOX for $500 million), hosted two national talk shows and ESPN’s X-Games, and created SpinGym, which sold 61,000 units in 24 hours on live home shopping and has passed a million sold. Inducted into the National Fitness Hall of Fame in 2010, Forbes now teaches the art of the pitch through Forbes Factor Live, FRedX and Momentum X. She is the mother of twins.
Our next speaker may only stand five-foot-six, but her energy can fill a football stadium. She has sold more than $2.5 billion on live television, built a fitness empire from the back of her car, hosted two national talk shows, and been called the female Tony Robbins and the Queen of Pitch. Please welcome the creator of SpinGym and National Fitness Hall of Famer, Forbes Riley!
Fast facts
More about Forbes
- Media pioneer who has hosted more than 180 infomercials, reaching over $2.5 billion in sales in more than 80 countries.
- Inducted into the US National Fitness Hall of Fame (2010); a 25-year career promoting health and fitness on television worldwide.
- Launched the TV series Fit-TV with Jake “Body by Jake” Steinfeld; the network sold to FOX for $500 million.
- Creator and host of Forbes Living on WEtv, hosting entrepreneurs and launching new business ideas.
- Host of Essentials, a daily national talk show on TLC, and the premiere years of ESPN’s X-Games.
- Created SpinGym: 61,000 units sold in 24 hours on live home shopping; over one million sold.
- Multiple ERA Moxie Awards for Best Female Presenter, two Telly Awards, Miss Teenage New York.
- Broadway credits opposite Christopher Reeve; TV credits on 24, The Practice, Picket Fences, Fashion House.
- Certified personal trainer, licensed massage therapist, NLP master, brown belt in Tae Kwon Do.
- Mother of boy and girl twins. Homes in Los Angeles and St. Petersburg, Florida.
Approved photos
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Selected press
In the news
“Former Actress Finds a New Role and Spins It Into Millions.” Forbes’ story of reinvention, 2015.
Named among 100 Top Women.
SpinGym praised as the hottest fitness sensation.
Forbes on E!, on set and behind the scenes of live shopping.
Best Female Infomercial Presenter: “Health and wellness celebrity Forbes Riley competes against the industry’s best, and wins.”
“TV Fitness Celebrity Forbes Riley Loses 703 Pounds.” The combined weight lost by her coaching clients in one program.
On running a fitness company while raising twins.
Profiles of Forbes Riley Studios and the Forbes Living set in St. Petersburg.
“I may not be Cindy Crawford, but...” Forbes on body image and confidence after 50.
“Forbes Riley is one of the most dynamic speakers and coaches I ever had the pleasure of working with. As one of the original Sharks from Shark Tank, I would recommend working with her.”Kevin Harrington
Booking & interviews
Forbes Riley Media, Inc.
For keynotes, hosting, interviews and product launches. Please include the date, location, audience size and format.
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