Amelia Louise Warren Tyagi (born September 2, 1971) is an American businesswoman, management consultant, and author. She co-founded and is president of the placement firm Business Talent Group, is a trustee emeritus of progressive

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, and co-founded HealthAllies (now part of

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). She co-authored two books, '' The Two-Income Trap'' and ''All Your Worth'', with her mother

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. She is a board member for the

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Fuse Corps and a former commentator for the

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''.

Early life and education

Tyagi is one of two children of

and her first husband, Jim Warren. Her stepfather, Bruce H. Mann, is a legal scholar. Tyagi earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from

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and a

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from the

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Career

Tyagi worked for consulting company

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before becoming the current president of the Business Talent Group (BTG), which she co-founded in 2007 with Jody Greenstone Miller, BTG's current Chairman of the Board of Directors. BTG works with "40% of

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companies" to provide independently contracted talent for business projects.

Personal life

She is married to Sushil Tyagi, a

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and

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with whom she has three children. She appeared on ''Dr. Phil'' with her mother to promote a book they wrote together. ''The Cut'' has called Tyagi her mother's "side kick."

References

1971 births 21st-century American women writers American management consultants American women in business Brown University alumni Elizabeth Warren Living people Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni Writers from Newark, New Jersey 21st-century American businesspeople {{US-business-bio-1970s-stub