David Gardner Profile
Armed with a solid handle on fifth grade math and an amateur love of investing instilled in him by his father, David Gardner and his brother, Tom, founded The Motley Fool in 1993, an investment advice newsletter, which has since grown into one of the most beloved financial on-line communities in the world.
David and his work for the Fool helps ordinary people grow their wealth through making educated investments rather than becoming sheep on Wall Street. He is also the inventor of Motley Fool CAPS, a revolutionary service which pools the resources of the Motley Fool Community to help you identify the best stocks at the best times to buy them — and which stocks to avoid.
Since 1999, David has been a member of the NYSE’s Individual Investors Advisory Committee. Since 2004, he has served on the Board of Governors of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. His top stock picks can be read in the recently launched online newsletter, “Supernova” which puts his suggestions into two portfolios: “Odyssey” for aggressive investors and “Phoenix” for people closer to retirement.
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David Gardner, a native of Washington, D.C., graduated as a Morehead Scholar from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1988.
With many ideas, no regrets, and a solid handle on fifth grade math, he founded The Motley Fool as a humble printed newsletter in July 1993 with his brother Tom. In 1994, they set their sights on Fool.com, The Motley Fool’s website. Today, the Fool has grown into an international multi-media network offering financial solutions to millions of individuals worldwide seeking to make better financial decisions and improve their overall quality of life.
Tom and David have co-authored several best-selling books, including The Motley Fool Investment Guide, You Have More Than You Think, and The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens. They also oversee The Motley Fool’s nationally syndicated newspaper column, which appears weekly in more than 250 papers, pen their monthly investing newsletter David and Tom Gardner’s Motley Fool Stock Advisor, and host The Motley Fool Radio Show, which airs nationally on more than 100 NPR member stations. David appears frequently in the media and as a featured speaker across the country.
David serves as co-chairman of the board of The Motley Fool. In his spare time, he enjoys hanging out with his family, following Tar Heels basketball, and reminding younger brother Tom that, though he is older, he has more hair.
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