Subject of the Oscar-Nominated Film, Molly’s Game; Bestselling Author, U.S. Ski Team Alum, and Host of Award-Winning Podcast, Torched
Molly Bloom: Biography at a Glance
- Best known for the incredible true story behind Molly’s Game, Molly Bloom built and ran the most exclusive high-stakes poker game in the world, attracting Hollywood celebrities, influential business leaders, and elite athletes.
- Molly’s journey spans the U.S. Ski Team, a career-ending Olympic setback, the rise and fall of a multi-million-dollar business, and ultimately a bestselling memoir that became an acclaimed Hollywood film.
- Through the highs and lows of her unconventional career, Molly shares hard-earned lessons on resilience, reinvention, and finding opportunity in life's most unexpected moments.
- As an entrepreneur, she offers practical insights on relationship-building, creating memorable customer experiences, and growing a business through reputation, trust, and word-of-mouth.
- Audiences are drawn to Molly’s candid perspective on perseverance, integrity, and rebuilding after setbacks, delivered through one of the most fascinating personal stories in recent business and pop culture history.
Biography
A luminary in the world of inspirational keynote speakers, Molly Bloom is an entrepreneur, bestselling author, former member of the U.S. Ski Team, one of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women, and host of the two-time Gold Signal Award-winning podcast, Torched, featuring the inspiring stories of world-class competitive athletes. She achieved fame as the subject of Aaron Sorkin’s Oscar-nominated film, Molly’s Game, based on her bestselling memoir. Molly’s Game chronicles Bloom’s journey from college student and former Olympic skiing hopeful to LA waitress to head of the most exclusive high-stakes poker game in the world. With no-limit stakes that could top $100 million and celebrity players such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck, A-Rod and Tobey Maguire, Molly’s Game was a Hollywood-worthy achievement for a 25-year-old small-town Colorado girl.
Bloom’s first career was as a world-class skier, an achievement that defied the dire prognosis of medical experts. At age 12, she had been diagnosed with severe scoliosis, undergoing spinal fusion surgery that doctors said would prevent her from ever competing again. Defiant and determined, Bloom was back on the slopes in a year. At 19, she made the U.S. Ski Team. At 20, she was ranked #3 in North America in the moguls. At 21, Bloom was firmly on the path to the Olympics. In her qualifying run, a frozen pine bough caused one of her skis to release, leading to a devastating crash and a forced retirement from the sport she loved.
Bloom finished her political science degree at the University of Colorado and was applying to elite law schools when she decided to take a year-long sabbatical and move to LA. She found work as a waitress and personal assistant to a man who ran a high-stakes poker game frequented by celebrities. Teaching herself the business and forging important relationships, Bloom took the risk of going out on her own. “Molly’s Game” was born. Over the next six years, she went from running a multi-million-dollar business to being raided by the FBI. Even in the face of extreme adversity, she always maintained her integrity.
With her millions gone and life in ruins, Bloom set her mind to writing a book. Publishers were interested, but only if she named names. Keeping to her promise to never again compromise her integrity or lower her moral standards, Bloom persevered until she found a publisher that would work with her on her terms. Molly’s Game became a bestselling memoir, one that she convinced Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Aaron Sorkin to turn into an Academy Award-winning movie.
Today, Molly Bloom is a top-booked speaker, podcast host, mother, mentor to other women, and advocate. She has appeared on Ellen, Vice, NPR, Vulture, and in The Los Angeles Times and Forbes. In 2020, at the height of the COVID pandemic, she founded the One World Group with her husband, neuroscientist Devin Effinger. The online group seeks to connect people around the world, especially women facing challenges. In 2022, Bloom launched Torched, a podcast exploring Olympic controversies and the heat of competition. As host, she shares stories about the cost of greatness, both on and off the Olympic stage—from the Tour de France to Title IX to the World Cup.
Topics
Molly's Game: The True Story Of The Woman Behind The Most Exclusive, High-Stakes Underground Poker Game In The World
What’s it like to run an exclusive poker game for the rich and famous? Molly Bloom went from an Olympic-level skier who didn’t know a thing about poker or Hollywood to building and operating the largest and most notorious private poker game in the world. In this motivational talk, Bloom will show the sales and marketing skills she used to attract hundreds of millions of dollars to the game and spark the interest of players like Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, A-Rod, and Ben Affleck. Audiences will get the inside story not shown in the film as Bloom shares true-life tales of her experience.
Make Every Customer Feel Like A High Roller
Molly Bloom didn’t know a thing about running a poker business when she was asked to set up the most exclusive high-stakes poker game in Hollywood. She was faced with the daunting question: how do you create an experience that will keep the rich and famous coming back when they can go anywhere to play poker? Molly found that if she built a unique customer culture, not only would players come back, but the game would become so exclusive that everyone would want to be a part of it. In this exciting and informative talk, Bloom shows how she created an experience like no other for her players and how you can apply the same principles for creating an exclusive experience for your customers.
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