# Source: https://businessownerindex.com/company-reference/chicken-soup-for-the-soul-q5096273/

U.S. founder reference library

# Chicken Soup for the Soul

American self-help, consumer goods and media company

## Company context

The public record describes Chicken Soup for the Soul as American self-help, consumer goods and media company. Its recorded founding year is 1993.

Public business description

American self-help, consumer goods and media company

Country in source record

United States

Founding year in source record

1993

## Recorded founders

- [Jack Canfield](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/jack-canfield-q1374512/) · American writer and motivational speaker

The linked people are recorded under the company’s founder property in the cited dataset. This is a founding association, rather than a verification of current equity or management responsibility.

## Understanding Chicken Soup for the Soul in context

Chicken Soup for the Soul is included because its public company record connects a named business to an identifiable founding team. The business description, “American self-help, consumer goods and media company,” supplies the context for that relationship, with a recorded starting year of 1993. The founding association shown here is with Jack Canfield. A single association in this library should not be read as a complete list of everyone who helped establish the business.

No official website has been confirmed in this reference record. Use the source trail to distinguish the business from similarly named organizations before contacting it. A founding year describes a historical event; it does not measure business scale, growth, or the length of a founder’s continuing involvement.

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### Questions for researching Chicken Soup for the Soul

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- Is the founder associated with the brand, its original operating company, or a later parent organization?
- Which dated business records support the company history rather than repeating an undated biography?

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## Research trail

- [Wikidata public record Q5096273](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5096273): company description, country, founding year where present, and founder associations.

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