Tom Gardner
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Tom Gardner is one of the three founders of The Motley Fool
. He is currently CEO
of The Motley Fool.
He is the author of The Motley Fool Hidden Gems newsletter, which aims to find the most promising small public companies for investment. The Hulbert Digest, a watchdog for the financial newsletter industry, scores both this letter and The Motley Fool Stock Advisor (a letter in which he competes with his brother, David) with extremely high marks.
Gardner attended Brown University
, graduating in 1990 with a B.A. with honors in English and Creative Writing. He later pursued two master's degrees at the University of Montana but left the programs to return to the D.C. area as The Motley Fool was gaining momentum. He received an honorary PhD in Humane Letters from Strayer University
in 2000.
In 1993, he and his older brother David Gardner
started The Motley Fool as a vehicle for teaching people about saving and investment. The two had learned how to invest from their father. The Motley Fool actively uses the Internet to explore a subject undertaught in schools and universities, as well as to shed light on questionable business practices on Wall Street and in Corporate America.
The website serves more than 5 million people around the world each month. Former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt
has referred to the company as America's greatest advocate for the interests of individual investors.
The defining feature to The Motley Fool is an open community where customers can interact with each other — asking questions, challenging The Fool's analysts, getting second opinions, and providing their own research. The company encourages dissent, enabling customers to cheer or gripe about the latest recommendation. Gardner has testified before Congress calling for greater transparency to the dealings on Wall Street
and believes the Internet will force that change.
The Gardner brothers have co-authored several best-selling books, including The Motley Fool Investment Guide, You Have More Than You Think, Rule Breakers, Rule Makers and The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens.
Motley Fool
The Motley Fool is a multimedia financial-services company that provides financial solutions for investors through various stock, investing, and personal finance products. The Alexandria, Virginia-based private company was founded in July 1993 by co-chairmen and brothers David and Tom Gardner, and...
. He is currently CEO
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
of The Motley Fool.
He is the author of The Motley Fool Hidden Gems newsletter, which aims to find the most promising small public companies for investment. The Hulbert Digest, a watchdog for the financial newsletter industry, scores both this letter and The Motley Fool Stock Advisor (a letter in which he competes with his brother, David) with extremely high marks.
Gardner attended Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
, graduating in 1990 with a B.A. with honors in English and Creative Writing. He later pursued two master's degrees at the University of Montana but left the programs to return to the D.C. area as The Motley Fool was gaining momentum. He received an honorary PhD in Humane Letters from Strayer University
Strayer University
Strayer University, formerly Strayer College of Baltimore, Maryland, is a private, for-profit educational institution. The Strayer University campuses are owned by Strayer Education, Inc. , headquartered in Herndon, Virginia....
in 2000.
In 1993, he and his older brother David Gardner
David Gardner
David Gardner is one of the three founders of The Motley Fool, established in 1993.He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on a Morehead-Cain Scholarship, graduating in 1988. He was a writer for Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street newsletter before joining the Motley Fool...
started The Motley Fool as a vehicle for teaching people about saving and investment. The two had learned how to invest from their father. The Motley Fool actively uses the Internet to explore a subject undertaught in schools and universities, as well as to shed light on questionable business practices on Wall Street and in Corporate America.
The website serves more than 5 million people around the world each month. Former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt
Arthur Levitt
Arthur Levitt, Jr. was the twenty-fifth and longest-serving Chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission from 1993 to 2001. Widely hailed as a champion of the individual investor, he has been criticized for not pushing for tougher accounting rules. Since May 2001 he has been...
has referred to the company as America's greatest advocate for the interests of individual investors.
The defining feature to The Motley Fool is an open community where customers can interact with each other — asking questions, challenging The Fool's analysts, getting second opinions, and providing their own research. The company encourages dissent, enabling customers to cheer or gripe about the latest recommendation. Gardner has testified before Congress calling for greater transparency to the dealings on Wall Street
Wall Street
Wall Street refers to the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, or...
and believes the Internet will force that change.
The Gardner brothers have co-authored several best-selling books, including The Motley Fool Investment Guide, You Have More Than You Think, Rule Breakers, Rule Makers and The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens.