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John Gray was born on 28 December, 1951 in Houston, Texas, U.S., is an American author and relationship counselor. Discover John Gray's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

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Occupation Author
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 28 December 1951
Birthday 28 December
Birthplace Houston, Texas, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Barbara De Angelis (div. 1984) Bonnie Gray (1986–2018; her death) Wang Lin (Viki) (2020-present)

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1951

John Gray (born December 28, 1951) is an American relationship counselor, lecturer, and author.

1969

In 1969, he began a nine-year association with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi before beginning his career as an author and personal relationship counselor.

In 1969, Gray attended a Transcendental Meditation lecture.

He became a celibate and personal assistant to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for nine years.

1982

Gray received an unaccredited PhD in 1982 from Columbia Pacific University (CPU), a now-defunct correspondence institution.

1984

They divorced in 1984.

1986

Gray married his second wife, Bonnie, in 1986; she died of cancer in 2018.

1992

In 1992 he published the book Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, which became a long-term best seller and formed the central theme of his subsequent books and career activities.

His books have sold millions of copies.

His parents were both Christians and taught him Yoga and took him to visit Indian Saint Yogananda during his childhood.

The Autobiography of A Yogi inspired him greatly later in life.

He received a bachelor's and master's degree in the Science of Creative Intelligence, though sources vary on whether these degrees were received from either the non-accredited Maharishi European Research University (MERU) in Switzerland or the accredited Maharishi International University in Fairfield, Iowa.

In 1992, Gray published Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, which has sold more than 15 million copies and, according to a CNN report, it was the "highest ranked work of non-fiction" of the 1990s.

The book has been published in more than 40 languages.

1997

In 1997, Gray began opening Mars & Venus Counseling Centers, where he trains therapists in his "Mars & Venus technique" in exchange for a one-time licensing fee and monthly "royalty payments".

Dorothy Cantor, a former president of the American Psychological Association, has questioned the ethics of creating a franchise for what is essentially a therapeutic process.

In 1997, Gray began marketing his products through Genesis Intermedia, a company led by Ramy El-Batrawi.

According to their SEC filing, "A substantial portion of our product revenue has come from our Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus product series authored by John Gray, Ph.D."

On December 31, 1997, Genesis sold 116,504 shares of its common stock to Dr. John Gray for $900,000.

1998

On November 1, 1998, 29,126 of those shares were surrendered.

Royalties paid to Dr. Gray for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996 were $0, $50,101, and $423,207, respectively.

1999

There were no royalties paid to Dr. Gray during the three months ended March 31, 1999 and 1998.

2002

In 2002, he received an honorary doctorate from Governors State University in Illinois after he delivered their commencement address.

In 2002, author Julia T. Wood published a critical response to Gray's portrayals of men and women in Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus.

2004

in 2004, a massive class action lawsuit was filed against Genesis Intermedia for stock price manipulation.

El-Batrawi settled with the SEC and was barred from acting as an officer or director of a public company for a period of five years.

2005

Gray has been marketing dietary supplements through his Web site since at least 2005.

2007

In 2007 Deborah Cameron published a book-length critique of Gray, and other self-help ventures premised on gender difference stereotypes, in The Myth of Mars and Venus: Do Men and Women Really Speak Different Languages?

Gray was accused of borrowing from the work of author Deborah Tannen and he acknowledges some similarities but says, "I was teaching those ideas before I'd heard of her" and that he did not read her book.

Other critics have accused Gray of limiting human psychology to stereotypes.

Gray married self-help author Barbara De Angelis.

2014

In a June 2014 interview with Agence France-Presse, Gray was quoted as saying with regard to feminism, "The reason why there's so much divorce is that feminism promotes independence in women. I'm very happy for women to find greater independence, but when you go too far in that direction, then who's at home?"

He also stated that "feminism in America holds back sales of [his] books", while other parts of the world - he cited Australia and Latin America notably - are more in tune with his basic message.

With regard to online pornography Gray stated, "With free internet porn, there's a massive addiction happening," adding that there are "just millions and millions of people... experiencing their sexual satisfactions through total fantasy. The effect that porn has on the brain is like taking heroin."

With regard to the rise of infidelity sites like Ashley Madison and Arrangement Finders he states, "When you have impersonal sex.... 'It's OK, here are these cheating wives, men, they want to have sex with you'... So you go have sex with someone that you don't know and someone you don't love... impersonal sex does promote addiction to sex," he adds, "it's along the same line of pornography."

2019

In 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ordered him to stop making illegal claims for several products: 2-AEP Membrane Complex, Ionic Silver Water, L-Glutathione, Liposomal DHA – Ultimate Omega-3 Brain Support, Liposomal Methyl B12/Folate, NAC N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine, and Vectomega.

Gray is also an early investor in YayYo, Inc, a rental car business for the ride-sharing industry operated by Ramy El-Batrawi.

Gray owns 21.44% through his Gray Mars Venus Trust.

Gray has made appeared on multiple talk shows, including Oprah, The Phil Donahue Show, and Larry King Live.

2020

Gray married his third wife, Wang Lin, also known as Viki Gray, on May 4, 2020 in Marin County, California.