Mike Michalowicz

Michael Michalowicz ((born September 19, 1970) is an American non-fiction author, children's author, entrepreneur, and lecturer. He is the author of eight business books published by Penguin Random House, including All In (2023), Get Different (2021), Profit First (2017) and Clockwork Revised & Expanded (2022), and is the former host of the "Business Rescue" segment for MSNBC's Your Business. He was previously a guest small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal and hosted the reality television program called Bailout!.

Early life
A resident of Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, Michalowicz was raised in Boonton Township, New Jersey and attended Boonton High School. Michalowicz graduated from Virginia Tech in 1993 and was captain of the Virginia Tech men’s lacrosse team. He graduated with two degrees, one in finance and the other in management science.

Career
Michalowicz founded Olmec Systems in 1996 and sold the business in a private equity transaction in 2003. In 2003 he co-founded a computer forensic firm, which was a lead examiner in the Enron scandal. That company was acquired by Robert Half International in 2006. Terms were not disclosed. Mike Michalowicz currently owns seven companies, including a small business investment accelerator called Prosper Group. Michalowicz is co-founder of six additional organizations with exclusive licensing rights to his work.