Patrick Combs (born July 5, 1966) is an American author and speaker.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He is the author of Major in Success and Man 1 Bank 0[7] which was adapted into a one-man live stage show that has toured the United States and Europe.[8][9] Combs has performed the show 0 to sold out audiences in Ireland and on Broadway.[10][11][12][13]
As an occasional reporter and commentator, Combs has appeared on television programs, talk shows and network specials,[19] as well as the cover of the Harlequin Romance novel The Valentine Gift.[20] Combs also made headlines when at age 21 he delivered a stranger’s baby on a sidewalk in San Francisco without any previous medical training[21][22][23]
Early life and education
Combs was raised in Bend, Oregon by a single mother with his older brother Mike Combs.[24][25] His mother was a nurse until she lost her job after a back injury. The family lived in poverty in a trailer on a single income with support in part by a local church. Combs would take odd jobs to help, including picking strawberries and running a daily paper route.[26] He attended Lewis & Clark College starting in 1984, and graduated San Francisco State University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts.
At 26, he left his corporate job to help students succeed and tested videogames for Electronic Arts to support himself. By 28, he was a published author, a well-known college speaker, and had a Fortune 100 sponsorship to visit the top 100 schools in America.[27]
Author
In 1992 Combs began writing his first book Major in Success.[28] The book was published by Ten Speed Press and is distributed by Random House.[29][30]
As a companion to his live one-man stage show, Man 1 Bank 0, in 2010 Combs wrote a novelization of it.
Speaker
Combs has made speeches in the United States and abroad regarding a variety of motivational topics.[31][32][33]
Combs has appeared on Hard Copy and Real TV.[38] He has also appeared on such talk shows as The View, Donahue, ABC's World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News, “Coast to Coast AM” with Art Bell, Good Morning America, Montel Williams and The Late Show.[39][40]
Published work
Major in Success, Ten Speed Press, 1994
Gearing Up (Inside & Out) for a Great Life: A Smart Guide for High School, Light Matrix Books, 2003
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