Ric Edelman is among the financial professionâs most influential people according to Investment Advisor, RIABiz and InvestmentNews. Barronâs ranked him three times as the nationâs #1 Independent Financial Advisor and heâs in Research magazineâs Financial Advisor Hall of Fame. Ric is founder of the Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals and Funding Our Future Coalition and holds two patents for financial product innovation.
Ric is the industryâs top financial educator, for thirty years the award-winning host of his national personal finance radio show. Heâs also produced award-winning specials for Public Television, and is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of ten books on personal finance. He taught personal finance for nine years at Georgetown University and is now Distinguished Lecturer at Rowan University, which named its communications school the Ric Edelman College of Communication & Creative Arts in 2020.
Ric and his wife Jean live in Northern Virginia. They are benefactors of the Edelman Center for Nursing at Inova Hospital Foundation, the Edelman Indoor Arena at Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding Program, and Rowan Universityâs Edelman Planetarium and Edelman Fossil Park.