Joshua Brown (writer)


Joshua Morgan Brown 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 and Upside. "Downtown" Josh Brown was ranked the No. 1 financial Twitter follow by The Wall Street Journal in 2013.

Writing

Brown is the author of Backstage Wallstreet, 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". The Reformed Broker blog celebrated its fifth anniversary on November 10, 2013.

Early life

Brown was educated at the University of Maryland, attaining his Series 7 license in 1997 while still in school.

Personal life

Brown is a resident of Long Island, New York.