Zack Friedman

Zack Friedman is an entrepreneur, investor, bestselling author and speaker.

Friedman is the bestselling author of the blockbuster book, The Lemonade Life: How To Fuel Success, Create Happiness, and Conquer Anything, which Success Magazine named as a book that will "help you think better and thrive more." Publisher's Weekly said Friedman "provides a wealth of actionable advice." Apple Books selected The Lemonade Life as one of "Fall's Biggest Audiobooks" and a "Must-Listen." The Lemonade Life debuted as the #1 new business audiobook on Apple's bestseller chart.

Friedman is founder & chief executive officer of Make Lemonade.

Friedman is a regular columnist at Forbes and writes a popular column on personal finance, leadership, investing and entrepreneurship that has been read by more than 100 million people.

As a motivational speaker, Friedman's TEDx Talk is called "The Secrets To Happiness At Work."

Career
Zack Friedman is the founder & chief executive officer of Make Lemonade, a leading personal finance company that empowers you to lead a better financial life.

Previously, Friedman was the Group Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Mina Group, an international energy services, commodities trading and energy infrastructure company and the largest supplier of jet fuel to the US military in Afghanistan. In 2014, Friedman was named "Revolutionary CFO of the Year" in the Middle East.

Prior to Mina Group, Friedman was a hedge fund investor, and invested across multiple sectors, including financial services, real estate, energy, consumer, and healthcare. Previously, Friedman worked at The Blackstone Group, the global private equity and advisory firm, and Morgan Stanley, the international investment bank. Friedman is a former White House intern for the Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton.

He has also served as a member of the adjunct faculty at Columbia Law School.

Education
Friedman is a graduate of Wharton Business School (MBA), Columbia Law School (J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar), Harvard University (Master in Public Policy) and Johns Hopkins University (B.A., Phi Beta Kappa). According to one of his professors, "Zack Friedman is, quite simply, one of the smartest and best students I have had in over 36 years of teaching political science and constitutional law."