Jay Shetty
British influencer
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July 2023 | Interviewed US President Joe Biden on his mental health initiatives in a podcast episode filmed at the White House. |
January 31 2023 | Published his second book '8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go' with Simon & Schuster, which became a New York Times best-seller within a week. |
2022 | Jay Shetty presided over the wedding of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, officiating their marriage ceremony. |
2022 | Joined meditation product company Calm as its 'Chief Purpose Officer'. |
2021 | Launched Sama Tea (later rebranded as Juni Tea) with his wife Radhi, an adaptogenic brand inspired by ayurveda. |
2020 | Founded the Jay Shetty Certification School, an online learning platform for becoming an accredited life coach, and published his first book 'Think Like a Monk' with Simon & Schuster. |
2019 | Launched the podcast 'On Purpose', which was downloaded 64 million times in its first year and became the number one health podcast according to Forbes. |
August 2019 | YouTuber Nicole Arbour criticized Shetty for posting quotes without proper attribution, leading him to edit 113 Instagram posts to add attributions. |
May 2019 | Shetty won Best in Health & Wellness at the 11th Shorty Awards. |
April 2019 | Shetty was honored with the Outstanding Achievement Online Award at The Asian Awards. |
2018 | Shetty won a Streamy Award in the Health and Wellness category, made appearances on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Red Table Talk, and became Will Smith's 'personal spiritual adviser'. |
2017 | Shetty stopped working for HuffPost and began releasing videos independently on Facebook and YouTube. |
2016 | Shetty broke away from Accenture to become an independent content creator and won the Asian Media Award for Best Blog. |
October 2010 | Shetty arrived in India, claiming to have spent time at an ISKCON ashram in Mumbai, though records suggest he mostly created promotional videos at Bhaktivedanta Manor in Watford. |
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