Jill Zarin

Celebrity, Businesswoman, Philanthropist, Mother & Best-Selling Author

Jill Zarin

Celebrity, Businesswoman, Philanthropist, Mother & Best-Selling Author

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Biography

Jill Zarin, the breakout star from Bravo’s hugely successful The Real Housewives of New York City, is a woman on the go.

Jill Zarin is one of the most successful and requested reality television stars in the entertainment business. Jill was the original Real Housewife of New York City for 4 seasons and was most recently on ABC’s hit show, Celebrity Wife Swap with her episode being one of the most highly rated of the season. Jill has well over one million fans between Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, who follow Jill’s daily experiences through social media and her websites JillZarin.com, SkweezCouture.com, and JillZarinJewelry.com.

Jill appears regularly on a wide variety of national talk shows to address topics as diverse as politics, style, advice, and her Jill Zarin brand. Equally renowned as an engaging public speaker, she presents her ideas and advice to universities, major companies, international groups, and non-profit organizations across the country. Her diligence and creativity as a prominent businesswoman have resulted in creating the Jill Zarin Brand including “Jill Zarin Home” bedding, “Skweez Couture” shapewear, and Jill Zarin Jewelry. She co-wrote her first book, Secrets of a Jewish Mother, with her mother, Gloria Kamen, and her sister Lisa; host of The Lisa Wexler Show, a daily talk radio show. Secrets of Jewish Mother is now in its third printing and has been translated into Japanese, Chinese and Russian.

Jill is a graduate from Simmons College School of Retail Management. She began her career in textiles as an Assistant Buyer in a Department store to become the Vice President of Jockey Hosiery. She joined her husband Bobby Zarin, owner of Zarin Fabric Warehouse – an institution on New York’s Lower East Side since 1936 – as a marketing consultant soon after they married. Jill is a licensed real estate salesperson in New York and is currently studying for her gemology exam She is devoted to her family and is a dedicated mother to daughter Allyson. She is also quite fond of the littlest member of the Zarin clan, Chihuahua Ginger.

Jill is the first Housewife from NYC to set up a Ustream Channel where she can host live chats with her fans.

Speaker Videos

Hosting Reel

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Speech Topics

Be Your Own Brand

Jill Zarin's Five Tips For Graduates Before Leaving College

Creating Balance & Having It All

Secrets of a Jewish Mother

Testimonials

"For Charlotte’s 13th Annual Spring Lecture we brought in Jill Zarin and her sister, co-authors of Secrets of a Jewish Mother. We promoted the evening as a “Girls Night Out,” emphasizing that it would be a light, entertaining evening. Jill and her sister both read portions of their book and bantered back and forth about their upbringing and life experience as it pertained to being Jewish mothers and being daughters of a Jewish mother. They spoke well and were very personable, down to earth and entertaining."

- Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte

"I wanted for a moment to reflect on this weekend’s spectacular 2-day Simon Fashion Now Extravaganza. The event was fabulous in so many ways because of you. You were very inspiring and so eager to please. Because of the high energy and your professionalism, we had lots of satisfied consumers, excited press, and elated sponsors."

- Area Director of Mall Marketing, The Westchester, The Galleria at White Plains, and Nanuet Mall

"Our sold-out event more than exceeded our expectations! Jill Zarin, Lisa Wexler, and Gloria Kamen put together an unforgettable event which had intergenerational appeal. They kept the program moving with their high energy and enthusiasm! Very gracious with the audience in answering questions both on stage and throughout the very long book signing! This dynamic trio delivered sage advice for dating teens, about marriage, parenting, and friendship! It was so entertaining and engaging."

- Host of Reading with Robin, Rhode Island Jewish Federation Event

"Jill Zarin led to us having the most success in over 10 years! The event was wonderful and working with your team and Jill was a pleasure."

- National Jewish Health

"The feedback has been great, thank you!"

- Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver