Steve Harvey

Few entertainers have built a career as wide, as durable, or as deliberately purposeful as Steve Harvey. Born in Welch, West Virginia, and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Harvey began performing stand-up comedy in the early 1980s after a series of dead-end jobs and financial hardship — including a period of homelessness, living out of his car while chasing a dream most would have abandoned. That defining experience of perseverance against the odds became both the foundation of his comedy and the core message of his public life.

His breakthrough arrived through It’s Showtime at the Apollo, where his charisma and razor-sharp timing made him a household name. A starring role in the long-running WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show followed, alongside a feature in Spike Lee’s blockbuster concert film The Original Kings of Comedy. He went on to build one of the most recognizable multimedia brands in American entertainment — hosting Family Feud and Celebrity Family Feud since 2010, Judge Steve Harvey on ABC, and The Steve Harvey Morning Show, a nationally syndicated radio program that has broadcast continuously since 2000.

As a motivational speaker, Steve Harvey carries the same candor and conviction that built his career into every keynote. His books have sold millions of copies worldwide: Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man and Straight Talk, No Chaser were both New York Times bestsellers, and Jump, which grew from a viral six-minute backstage speech seen by over 58 million viewers, distilled his philosophy of purpose-driven risk-taking into a global phenomenon. His writing and speaking are unified by a single belief: that every person is born with a gift, and that the only true failure is never using it.

Seven Emmys, Fourteen NAACP Image Awards, and a Hollywood Star

Harvey’s accolades reflect not only his popularity but his sustained excellence across formats. He has earned seven Daytime Emmy Awards — including wins for both Family Feud and his talk show — fourteen NAACP Image Awards, two Marconi Awards for radio broadcasting, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was inducted into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2014, and in 2015 a street in his hometown of Cleveland was officially renamed Steve Harvey Way.

Beyond entertainment, Harvey and his wife Marjorie founded the Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation, which runs youth mentoring programs reaching thousands of young people annually, including the Steve Harvey Mentoring Program for Young Men and the Girls Who Rule the World initiative, in partnership with Walt Disney World’s Dreamers Academy.

As a speaker, Steve Harvey commands any stage with the rare combination of professional comedian’s timing, a self-made entrepreneur’s credibility, and a storyteller’s ability to make the extraordinary feel personal. Corporate audiences and leadership teams leave his sessions with a renewed conviction that their biggest obstacles are not external — and with the practical mindset to start proving it.