Joshua Morgan Brown (born February 25, 1977) is an American author, columnist, blogger, commentator on CNBC, and CEO of New York City-based Ritholtz Wealth Management, an independent investment advisory firm he founded with Barry Ritholtz. He is also a contributing columnist to Yahoo! Finance, Business Insider, and serves on the board of advisors for Brightscope[1] and Upside.[2] "Downtown" Josh Brown was ranked the No. 1 financial Twitter follow by The Wall Street Journal in 2013.[3] Brown also co-hosts a weekly podcast with Michael Batnick entitled The Compound & Friends.
Writing edit
Brown is the author of Backstage Wallstreet,[4] published in 2012. His second book was released in 2014, Clash of the Financial Pundits co-authored with CNBC and Yahoo! Finance commentator Jeff Macke. He is also the author of The Reformed Broker, a widely read blog about "markets, politics, economics, media, culture and finance".[5] The Reformed Broker blog celebrated its fifth anniversary on November 10, 2013.[6]
Personal life edit
Brown is a resident of Long Island, New York.
References edit
- ^ Shidler, Lisa (March 14, 2012). "'Reformed Broker' and blogger 'Downtown' Josh Brown joins BrightScope's advisory board". Riabiz.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
- ^ "Upside Powers Ritholtz Wealth Management's New Digital Offering, Called Liftoff". MarketWatch.com. October 1, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
- ^ "The Best Tweets for Your Money". Wall Street Journal. March 8, 2013.
- ^ Sizemore, Charles (December 27, 2012). "Review: Backstage Wall Street". Forbes.
- ^ "Here are five finance bloggers you should be reading". Marketwatch. June 11, 2014.
- ^ Brown, Joshua M. (November 10, 2013). "I Am The One Who Blogs: TRB Turns Five". Thereformedbroker.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.