Tony Robbins is an American author, speaker, and entrepreneur known for turning performance psychology and self-help into a global personal-development empire. He rose to fame in the 1980s through high-energy seminars, bestselling books like Awaken the Giant Within, and infomercials that brought coaching to the mass market. His work focuses on mindset, emotional control, peak performance, and financial mastery, and he has coached everyone from CEOs and pro athletes to world leaders.