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| The son of New York City adman and a mother who taught ballroom dancing, he grew up in the bedroom community of Suffern, N.Y. <ref name=Kohler /> B.<ref name=FEH>{{cite web|title=Website Fundacion etica humanitaria|url= http://www.ethicalhumanitarian.com/fundador.php|work=Fundacion Etica Humanitaria|accessdate=16 April 2011}}</ref><ref name=FORBES>{{cite web|last=Freeman|first=Michael|title=The Best Business Schools: Cult of Personality|url=http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2003/1013/088.html|publisher=]|date=13 October 2003|accessdate=17 April 2011}}</ref> | The son of New York City adman and a mother who taught ballroom dancing, he grew up in the bedroom community of Suffern, N.Y. <ref name=Kohler /> B.<ref name=FEH>{{cite web|title=Website Fundacion etica humanitaria|url= http://www.ethicalhumanitarian.com/fundador.php|work=Fundacion Etica Humanitaria|accessdate=16 April 2011}}</ref><ref name=FORBES>{{cite web|last=Freeman|first=Michael|title=The Best Business Schools: Cult of Personality|url=http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2003/1013/088.html|publisher=]|date=13 October 2003|accessdate=17 April 2011}}</ref> | ||
| He arrived in the Albany area at 16 or so—about the time his mother died—to attend the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.<ref name=Kohler>{{cite news|last=Kohler|first=Nicholas|title=How to lose $100 million|url=http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/09/how-to-lose-100-million/|accessdate=26 April 2011|newspaper=Macleans|date=9/9/10 |
He arrived in the Albany area at 16 or so—about the time his mother died—to attend the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. A few news accounts claim that he earned a triple-major in math, physics and biology, with minors in psychology and philosophy. <ref name=Kohler>{{cite news|last=Kohler|first=Nicholas|title=How to lose $100 million|url=http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/09/how-to-lose-100-million/|accessdate=26 April 2011|newspaper=Macleans|date=9/9/10}}</ref> | ||
| By the age of 27, Raniere was already a member of Mensa, a high-IQ society with a minimum requirement at the one-in-a-million level. Raniere gained recognition for answering correctly all but two questions on a 48-question, self- administered test, in which it is stated that Raniere "moved up to the rarified one-in-10-million level."<ref name=Keeney>{{cite news|last=Keeney|first=Irene Gardner|title=Troy Man Has a Lot on His Mind|url=http://www.espian.net/topiq.html|accessdate=16 May 2011|newspaper=Times-Union|date=26 June 1988}}</ref> | |||
| ==Business Background== | ==Business Background== | ||
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Keith Raniere is an entrepreneur, philosopher, and the creator of NXIVM, a business offering self-improvement seminars. In addition, Rainere offers additional classes, Executive Success Programs (ESP), that are geared towards business professionals.
Background
The son of New York City adman and a mother who taught ballroom dancing, he grew up in the bedroom community of Suffern, N.Y. B.
He arrived in the Albany area at 16 or so—about the time his mother died—to attend the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. A few news accounts claim that he earned a triple-major in math, physics and biology, with minors in psychology and philosophy.
By the age of 27, Raniere was already a member of Mensa, a high-IQ society with a minimum requirement at the one-in-a-million level. Raniere gained recognition for answering correctly all but two questions on a 48-question, self- administered test, in which it is stated that Raniere "moved up to the rarified one-in-10-million level."
Business Background
In 1990 Raniere applied his theory to his new business, Consumers' Buyline, a networking company near Albany that promised lucrative commissions to old customers for recruiting new ones. Raniere says by the end of 1993, Consumers' Buyline had sold $1 billion in goods and services employed 80 people. He claims he was worth $50 million. In 1996, Raniere was the subject of an investigation by the Office Of The Attorney General of New York State that led to the closing of Consumer buyline. A consent order went on to impose a $40000 fine and barred Raniere from ever operating a chain distributor scheme in the State of New York.
In 1991, Raniere created another networking company, National Health Network, which sold vitamins.
In 1997, Raniere met the woman who would become his business partner, Nancy Salzman.
In 1998, Salzman incorporated in Delaware the company that launched Executive Success Programs and applied for patents on Raniere's behavior-modification "technology". This company is now known as NXIVM. In 2007, Keith Raniere conceptualized the Ethical Humanitarian Foundation, a private, not-for-profit foundation supporting endeavors that promote embracing humanity, developing ethics, and moving humankind towards a more noble civilization. In August 2008, he conceptualized the World Ethical Foundations Consortium (WEFC), a non-profit initiative dedicated to the building of a compassionate, ethical humanity.
References
- ^ Kohler, Nicholas (9/9/10). "How to lose $100 million". Macleans. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "Website Fundacion etica humanitaria". Fundacion Etica Humanitaria. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ Freeman, Michael (13 October 2003). "The Best Business Schools: Cult of Personality". Forbes. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- Keeney, Irene Gardner (26 June 1988). "Troy Man Has a Lot on His Mind". Times-Union. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- "Consent Order and Judgment - Consumers Buyline, Inc. Et. Al". Retrieved 22 May 2011.