

Independent charity watchdog Charity Navigator gave the foundation a rating of four out of four stars in 2017. In 1991, Robbins founded the Anthony Robbins Foundation, intended to help the young, the homeless, the hungry, the elderly, and the imprisoned. He later posted an apology on his Facebook page. Robbins was criticized for comments alluding to the Me Too movement at a seminar in San Jose, California, on March 15, 2018, when he said: "If you use the #MeToo movement to try to get significance and certainty by attacking and destroying someone else… all you've done is basically use a drug called significance to make yourself feel good." He went on to tell a story about a "very powerful man" who passed on hiring a female candidate even though she was the most qualified because she was too attractive and would be "too big a risk". He has counseled American businessmen Peter Guber, Steve Wynn, and Marc Benioff. Robbins has worked on an individual basis with Bill Clinton, Justin Tuck, Hugh Jackman, and Pitbull. In 2016, Robbins partnered with Golden State Warriors co-owner Peter Guber and Washington Wizards co-owner Ted Leonsis to purchase Team Liquid, an eSports professional gaming organization. The soccer team entered competition in 2018.

In 2014, Robbins joined a group of investors to acquire rights to launch a Major League Soccer franchise in Los Angeles referred to as the Los Angeles Football Club. He subsequently learned to firewalk and incorporated it into his seminars. Robbins began promoting seminars for motivational speaker and author Jim Rohn when he was 17 years old. The landlord then told him that he started to turn his life around after going to a Jim Rohn seminar. One day he asked the landlord on site, who was a family friend, about how he became so successful. Robbins later worked as a janitor, and did not attend college. When he was 17 years old, he left home and never returned. He has said his home life was "chaotic" and "abusive". During high school, Robbins grew 10 inches (25 cm) in a year, a growth spurt later attributed to a pituitary tumor. His mother then remarried several times, including a marriage with Jim Robbins, a former semi-professional baseball player who legally adopted Anthony when he was 12. He is of Croatian descent from both sides of his family. Robbins is the eldest of three children, and his parents divorced when he was seven. Mahavoric in North Hollywood, California, on February 29, 1960. He is known for his infomercials, seminars, and self-help books including the books Unlimited Power and Awaken the Giant Within. Anthony Jay Robbins (né Mahavoric, born February 29, 1960) is an American author, coach, speaker, and philanthropist.
