Andrew Tobias

At Harvard in the 1960s, Andrew Tobias ostensibly majored in “Slavic languages and literatures” but was heavily involved in running the million-dollar student business conglomerate and publishing "Let's Go: The Student Guide To Europe."

After graduating, he became vice president of the once high-flying National Student Marketing Corporation, about whose crash he wrote in "The Funny Money Game," his first book to gain national attention. Later, at 23, he entered Harvard Business School, while simultaneously writing for New York Magazine, and then, after graduation, full-time. For New York, he covered the world of finance, moving to Esquire when the magazine was sold.

For several years, he had a column in Time and made frequent appearances in Parade, the widely read Sunday supplement. His work has also appeared in The New York Times Sunday Magazine and on the cover of Harvard Magazine. He has written twelve books, including three New York Times best-sellers: "Fire And Ice," "The Invisible Bankers," and "The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need," which has sold over a million copies and been translated into Chinese. "The Best Little Boy In The World," about growing up gay, has been continuously in print since 1973 and was added to the Modern Library Series 25 years later, coinciding with the publication of its sequel, "The Best Little Boy In The World Grows Up."

In the early days of personal computers, his "Managing Your Money" software dominated the personal finance category, helping hundreds of thousands take control of their finances. His anti-smoking commercials have run throughout the former Soviet Union, and here in America, he hired planes with anti-smoking banners to fly up and down Long Island beaches. His work on auto insurance reform led to the placement of three initiatives on the March 1996 California ballot.

He has appeared on TV shows including Today, Tonight, Tomorrow, Good Morning America, and Face the Nation, and co-hosted the PBS documentary "Beyond Wall Street" with Jane Bryant Quinn. He has received the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, Harvard Magazine’s Smith-Weld Prize, GLSEN's first Valedictorian Award, and the Consumer Federation of America Media Service Award.

Since 1999, Tobias has served as the Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. His extensive expertise in finance makes him a sought-after keynote speaker on topics such as managing money, and he is based in New York.