From CNBC Make It.

Anwar White, 43, thought he’d have a long career in fashion, he says.

White started out working in strategic planning at Guess and then in client success at Sears. But after attending Columbia Business School to attain his MBA in 2010, White noticed a common theme when catching up with friends: They were succeeding in their work lives, “but their love life was in the toilet,” he says.

That sparked an idea.

Today, he and his team of five dating coaches work with up to 500 women at a time, with some clients paying as much as $20,000 to $24,000 a year, he says.