Mark Victor Hansen
Motivational speaker and author
Mark Victor Hansen is an American speaker and author who co-created the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series with Jack Canfield.
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American Born 1948 in Waukegan, United States
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About Mark Victor Hansen
Mark Victor Hansen was born in 1948 to Danish immigrant parents and grew up in Waukegan, Illinois. He earned a degree in speech communications from Southern Illinois University in 1970. Hansen and his business partner Jack Canfield created the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, which has more than 500 million copies in print in 54 languages. In 2005 he co-wrote Cracking the Millionaire Code with Robert Allen. His book The Power of Focus is part of our catalog.