Suze Orman was born on June 5, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, to a Jewish family. Suze earned a bachelor's degree in social work from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1976. She later received an honorary doctorate in humane letters from the same university. Orman moved to Berkeley, California and worked as a waitress after finishing school. Dreaming of opening her own restaurant, she first received a check for $2,000 in 1980 from one of her longtime customers. She managed to raise $50,000 for her restaurant from her customers with the help of Mr. Hasbrook, who gave her her first check. Later, she ended up losing all her money because of a broker who cheated her in her financial affairs. After losing all her money, Suze started reading books about investing and decided to apply as a broker at the same office where she worked. cheated. She was admitted to the women's quota, but was told she would soon lose the position. Having worked in the same profession that she had been deceived by, she learned that her broker had violated company policies....