Tom Gardner

Co-founder of The Motley Fool, the world's premier online financial information exchange, Tom Gardner provides expert investment and financial services advice in a highly entertaining and engaging presentation.

Along with his brother David, Tom Gardner named his company, The Motley Fool, for medieval jesters who spoke the truth without getting their heads lopped off. In one of his most popular presentations, Tom gives audiences the truth about financial bad habits—bad credit, managed mutual funds—and provides audiences with financial strategies for financial independence and success—including savings and investment strategies. Besides being a media entrepreneur who's created an extraordinary business named one of the “Top 10 Best Places to Work” by Washington Business Journal and the #1 “Media Business to Work For” by Business Insider—beating out ESPN, Disney and Turner Broadcasting, Gardner is both a student of and practitioner in the game of good business, following corporate trends like a sports fanatic. This passion, combined with his ability to deliver the obscure and esoteric in a friendly, easy-to-understand manner makes for an informative and entertaining presentation on almost any business and financial topic you can name, from marketing to management styles and from advertising to zero-coupon bonds.