Keith Raniere is the founder of NXIVM, a multi-level marketing organization that has been described as a cult. They brand their members and forced them into sexual slavery.
Keith Raniere is the founder of NXIVM. He started a company, Consumer's Buyline in the early 1990s. His company was accused of some frauds and wrongly installing the pyramid scheme as their main source of profit-making. He founded the organization NXIVM with Nancy Salzman in 1998.
In 2018, a search warrant was issued for Raniere's email account. On February 14, 2018, an agent of the FBI filed a criminal complaint against Raniere with the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York. In March 2018, he was arrested by Mexican authorities in a luxury villa outside Perto Vallarta, Mexico. Lauren Salzman later recalled that the arrest interfered with a planned group sex session, when police arrived, she and Raniere barricaded themselves in the master suite with Raniere attempting to hide in a walk-in closet. He was indicted on a variety of charges related to DOS, including sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy, and conspiracy to commit forced labor. United States Attorney Richard Donoghue Stated that Raniere created a secret society of women with whom he had sex and had branded with his initials, coercing them with the threat of releasing their highly personal information and taking their assets. Prosecution witnesses included Lauren Salzman, NXIVM film-maker Mark Vicente; victims "Sylvia", Daniela, and Nicole and cult educator Rick Ross. On June 19, 2019, he was found guilty on all charges by a jury after five hours of deliberation.
Keith Raniere was born on August 26, 1960, in Brooklyn, New York. He holds American nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. His birth sign is Leo and religion is Christianity. When he was around eight-years-old, his parents separated. He attended a Waldorf school, before leaving for a public junior high school. At the age of 12, he attended Rockland Country Day School. He claimed that he majored in maths, physics, and biology and minored in psychology and philosophy. He also claimed that he holds a BS degree in biology and investigation found out that he got dropped out of high school at the of 16.
Keith Raniere was born to a father named James Raniere, a New York City advertiser, and his wife, a ballroom dancing instructor. His family moved to Suffern, New York when he was 5 years old. His mother died when he was 16 years old.
Keith Raniere height of 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m) tall and body weight of 75 kg. He has an average body build. His body measurements are 44-37-39. He has black hair and brown eyes.
There is no information regarding his personal life. According to several news reports, he has a child with his longtime partner Kirstin Keeffe. There is no other information about his married life has come to light.
He is a business executive awaiting trial. He is the founder of NXIVM. There is no information about his net worth and his salary.