Meet Ryan Holiday: The marketer who became the modern godfather of Stoicism

Stoicism has been experiencing a revival in recent times, with American marketer Ryan Holiday serving as the unlikely modern godfather of the ancient philosophy. Ahead of a lecture in Dublin, he meets Aoife Barry

Ryan Holiday writes about ways that Stoicism can help us deal with life’s trials

The ancient Stoic philosophers don’t know it, but their chief marketing officer is an American named Ryan Holiday. 

He’s the self-created founder of the modern Stoicism movement, distilling the philosophies of figures such as Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus for people in need of guidance in the 2020s.