Mike ShapiroMIKE S. SHAPIRO is an entrepreneur, and Personal Probabilities investor, corporate coach, mentor, speaker, ForbesBooks author, and Forbes podcast host. His risk-inclined methods help individuals and organizations leverage insights for stellar esults. Mike is also a co-founder and CEO of EQTY Forbes Glob - al Properties and a co-founder of Plunk, a Seattle-based proptech startup. Mike's system is based on skills he developed as a market maker and trader with the Chicago Board of Options Exchange. There, he learned the value of "reading the tape," cultivating situational awareness to predict behaviors, leverage opportunities, and achieve game-changing results. It's the same method he used when he purchased a nearly bankrupt real estate firm and sold it ten years later to create the world's second-largest Sotheby's International Realty brokerage, with annual sales exceeding $7 billion. Mike approaches life and work with a commitment to joy: the joy he finds in helping others and the joy they experience when they achieve success. He lives in Newport Beach, CA. Read More Read Less