Marie Kondo
Organizing consultant and author
Marie Kondo is a Japanese organizing consultant and author behind the KonMari Method, which centers on keeping only things that spark joy. Her book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up has appeared in over 30 countries.
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Japanese Born 1984 in Tokyo, Japan
About Marie Kondo
Marie Kondo (近藤 麻理恵) was born in Japan in 1984. She is an organizing consultant, author and TV presenter, also known as Konmari. She started her tidying consulting business at 19, while studying at university in Tokyo. She later founded KonMari Media, Inc. A core idea of her KonMari Method is to keep only the possessions that "spark joy". The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up was first published in 2011 and reached the United States in 2014. She has written four books on organizing, which have sold millions of copies in total. Others in our catalog include Marie Kondo's Kurashi at Home and Joy at Work. In 2015 Kondo made the TIME 100 list of the most influential people in the world. Her 2019 Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo greatly raised her profile in the United States and the United Kingdom, and earned her an Emmy nomination for hosting. Netflix followed it with a second show, Sparking Joy with Marie Kondo, in August 2021.