Steven was born in Botswana to an English father and a Nigerian mother. His father is a structural engineer, and his mother left school at age seven, unable to read and write.

He moved to Plymouth, England, at the age of two and grew up poor in a white, middle-class neighbourhood. He credits living in poverty and not feeling like he fit in as the driving force behind his phenomenal success.

Steven was expelled from secondary school and later dropped out of Manchester Metropolitan University after one lecture, feeling it wouldn’t be what led him to success.

Steven Bartlett | Books

In 2023, Steven published The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life, which instantly became a Sunday Time No. 1 Bestseller and has been translated into 35 languages.

Steven writes about principles at the heart of success, principles that stand the test of time, and fundamental laws that will ensure excellence.

The laws Steven writes about are rooted in psychology and behavioural science and are based on the wisdom of tens of thousands of people he has surveyed. He has gained wisdom from speaking to people across every continent and age group and from conversations he’s had with the world’s most successful people.

Steven points out that this is not a book about business strategy because strategy changes like the seasons; it is about something more permanent and pertinent.

Steven’s first book, Happy Sexy Millionaire: Unexpected Truths About Fulfillment, Love, and Success, was published in 2021 as a Sunday Times Bestseller.

As an 18-year-old black, broke, insecure university dropout from a bankrupt family, Steven wrote in his diary that he wanted to be a ‘Happy Sexy Millionaire’ by the age of 25.

By 25, he was a multi-millionaire. However, in achieving everything he set out to, he learned that he was wrong about almost everything and that the world had lied to him about how to attain fulfilment, love, and success.

In Happy Sexy Millionaire, Steven dismantles lies, examines the incentives that fuel them, and provides practical, scientifically proven, and unconventional ideas to help readers live truly fulfilled lives.

Steven Bartlett | Investment and Projects

Known for his innovative and disruptive approach to social media marketing, Steven co-founded Flight Story – a marketing and communications company that works with leading brands. He has also launched his own private equity fund, Flight Fund, to accelerate the next generation of European unicorns.

Steven Bartlett co-founded Thirdweb, a software platform backed by Shopify and Coinbase that makes it easy to build Web3 applications.

Steven is an accomplished investor in the health and wellness space with notable investments, including Huel – the UK’s fastest-growing e-commerce company internationally, and Zoe – the personalised nutrition programme created by the world’s top scientists.  Steven’s other investments focus on blockchain technologies, biotech, space, Web 3 and social media.

Steven Bartlett | Philanthropy and Social Causes

Steven focuses on inspiring a new generation of entrepreneurs and creators from a BAME background. After winning the British Black Entrepreneur of the Year award, much of his work focused on disadvantaged schools and communities.

He has partnered with His Majesty’s Prison Service to distribute The Diary of a CEO podcast via their in-cell technology to educate and inspire young adults.

Steven saved a Bishop Stortford community gym from closure when he donated £10,000 to help keep it open. He donated thousands of pounds to a woman’s charity allotment used to help people through the cost of living crisis, which was vandalised, rendering all of its food inedible. He has promised to donate the profits from his The Diary of a CEO tour to charity.

Steven Bartlett | Recognition

Steven Bartlett won Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 at the Great British Entrepreneurship Awards, Most Influential Agency Figure 2018 and British Black Entrepreneur of the Year 2018.

In 2021, Steven was listed in the Forbes 30 under 30 European Media & Marketing Moguls Of Tomorrow.

He was also named the Most Influential Individual in Marketing and Social Media Marketing by 100 agency leaders in 2017 and 2018, respectively. In 2022, he was recognised as Amazon’s Best of 2022 Podcast.

Steven has been listed on the Powerlist, which captures the most influential Black Britons and aims to celebrate the achievements of the most influential people of African, African Caribbean and African American heritage in the UK.

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