Darren Hardy

Darren Hardy is an American author, keynote speaker, advisor, and former publisher of SUCCESS magazine. Hardy is a New York Times best-selling author, who wrote The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster and The Compound Effect.

Hardy started his first business at age 18. In September 2007, he became publisher of SUCCESS magazine and Success Media. In December 2015, Hardy announced he was leaving Success magazine as publisher to pursue new opportunities. Prior to this position, Hardy held executive positions at two personal development-focused television networks. He was executive producer and master distributor of The People’s Network (TPN), and president of The Success Training Network (TSTN).

SUCCESS is a business related magazine that contains business and self-improvement advice from entrepreneurs and others. Issues include CD with motivational content from various contributors. The magazine is nationally distributed, and has a rate base of 402,883 and over 799,000 readers.

In 2010, Hardy wrote The Compound Effect, a book about the impact of everyday decisions which includes a guide to achieving goals. In 2015, he wrote The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster, which outlines the challenges of business ownership for entrepreneurs.