David Bach
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- Professional Background: Founder and CEO of FinishRich Media, 1997-present; ?International Best Selling Author – Over 5 Million Books in Print; Creator of the Finish Rich Book and Seminar Series; ?Contributing Expert on Oprah’s Debt Diet Series, 2006 – present; ?Launched The Great American Homeowner Challenge with founding sponsor Wells; Fargo Home Mortgage. National financial literacy campaign inspiring 10 million people to buy a first home, second home or investment property; ?Yahoo! Finance, Featured Columnist of The Automatic Millionaire with David Bach; ?Host of radio show, David Bach’s FinishRich Minute, airing on 1,000+ stations daily 2006; ?Contributing editor, Smart Money Magazine, 2002-2003; ?Contributing editor, Simplify Your Life (Fine Living Network); Money Coach to America Online (AOL Keyword: David Bach), 2003; ?Host of radio show, Live Rich with David Bach Sirius Satellite Radio, September 2003; ?Senior Vice President at Morgan Stanley and partner of The Bach Group, 1993-2001
David Bach has helped millions of people around the world take action to live and finish rich. He is the author of seven consecutive national bestsellers, including two consecutive #1 New York Times bestsellers, Start Late, Finish Rich and The Automatic Millionaire. Bach carries the unique distinction of having had four of his books appear simultaneously on the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and USA Today bestseller lists. In all, his FinishRich Books have been published in more than 15 languages, with more than five million copies in print worldwide.
Bach's most recent book is the #1 bestseller, The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner which has already sold more than a million copies since the book launched in March 2006. To coincide with the release of this book, David launched The Great American Homeowner ChallengeTM, a national financial literacy campaign with founding sponsor Wells Fargo Home Mortgage to help inspire 10 million people to buy a first home, second home or investment property.
Bach's breakout book The Automatic Millionaire was the #1 Business book of 2004, according to Business Week. It spent fourteen weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was simultaneously number one on the bestseller lists of the New York Times, Business Week, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal. With over a million copies in print, this simple powerful book has been translated into twelve languages and has inspired thousands around the world to save money automatically.
Bach is regularly featured on television and radio as well as in newspapers and magazines. He has appeared seven times on The Oprah Winfrey Show to share his strategies for living and finishing rich. Bach continues to appear as a featured money coach on The Oprah Winfrey Show's runaway hit series, America's Debt Diet. He has been a regular contributor to CNN's American Morning and has appeared frequently on ABC's The View, NBC's Today and Weekend Today shows, CBS1s Early Show, Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor, CNBC's Power Lunch, CNNfn, and MSNBC and The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch among others. Bach is a featured columnist on Yahoo! and hosts The FinishRich Minute with David Bach, a daily radio show airing on over 1,000 stations nationwide. David Bach is the creator of the FinishRich
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The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner
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The Automatic Millionaire
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Start Late, Finish Rich
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Smart Couples Finish Rich
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Smart Women Finish Rich
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1001 Financial Words You You Need to Know
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The Automatic Millionaire Workbook
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The Finish Rich Workbook
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Praise for David Bach
“When you do it David Bach’s way, failure is not an option.”
- Jean Chatzky, Financial Editor, NBC’s Today
“Smart Women Finish Rich is the best financial planning book I've EVER read, and I've read them all.”
- Eileen Powell, The Associated Press
“I know how hard it is to make a personal-finance book user-friendly. Bach has done it.”
–USA Weekend
“The bottom line is action, and Bach’s chatty writing style helps motivate you to that end.”
–Business Week
“He specializes in common-sense advice and a clear-cut path for engaging your partner in fruitful discussions about your shared financial-future . . . His advice serves to free you and your beloved from the stress of never being quite sure of exactly where you stand financially. You’ll probably be surprised by how big a difference Bach’s strategy can make in your relationship.”
–Better Investing
“Rather than tout eye-glazing accounting formulas, Bach, relies on common sense.”
–People Magazine
“His advice is heartfelt and worthy . . . For most couples struggling to make their financial lives smoother, this is a good place to get the dialogue rolling.”
–USA Today
“(David Bach) . . . the Deepak Chopra of financial-planners.”
–MSN Money
“Bach does a great job convincing couples to think about money, talk about money, get a financial plan in order—and yes, spend less and save more.”
-American Way
“Smart Women Finish Rich ranks as a TOP financial planning book.”
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-he Oprah Winfrey Show
-CNN American Morning
-The View
-The Today Show
-CNBC’s Power Lunch
-CBS Early Show
-The O’Reilly Factor
-The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch
F e a t u r e d i n :
-The New York Times
-USA Today
Wall Street Journal
Yahoo!Finance
People
-Readers Digest
-Working Woman
-Family Circle
-AARP
-RedBook