Ilyce Glink

Ilyce Glink is an award-winning television and radio personality, a communications and media strategist, an innovator in content marketing, a popular speaker, and the founder of four Chicago-based companies.

She is a nationally-syndicated financial columnist, a best-selling author, and a radio talk show host for WGN Radio. She occasionally fills in for John Williams and Jon Hansen and is the former co-host of the top-rated “This Week in Wealth.” She is the author of more than a dozen books, including the best-selling 100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask (4th ed.), and has nearly 1 million books in print. She currently writes the Pay Dirt column for Slate Magazine which is read by over 250,000 readers per week.

She spent eight years as on-air talent/producer for WGN-TV and nearly 18 years hosting a top-rated Sunday talk show and filling in for syndicated talk show host Clark Howard for WSB-AM, in Atlanta. In addition, she has hosted two syndicated radio programs, was a top blogger for 10 years for CBSNews/MoneyWatch, and has appeared on hundreds of television programs, including every major network’s morning news programs, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNBC, CNN, Fox and Fox Business. She writes the Love, Money + Real Estate Newsletter on Substack.

She is a nationally-recognized keynote speaker, who has spoken to audiences of up to 10,000 people and conducted media, social media, business topics, financial wellness and lifeskills training in a handful of countries. She has spoken at many national events, including HR Tech, HR Women in Tech, SAP SuccessFactors SuccessConnect, the Health Benefits Leadership Conference, the Illinois CPA Society, and the National Association of Enrolled Agents, among others.

An active entrepreneur, Ilyce is also the founder/CEO of Think Glink Media, a media and content communications strategy and production company that provides consultative services as well as innovative products and services to help global companies connect in a smarter way with their customers, clients and employees. Her clients include Equifax, Discover Card, Countrywide Mortgage, AARP, Humana, Allstate, Quill/Staples, Yahoo!, AOL, HUB International, among others.

Her latest company is Best Money Moves, a cloud-based, mobile-first financial wellness technology platform. The latest version, called 3.0, provides personalized help to employees, empowering them to take charge of their finances, pay down personal debt and improve their financial lives. The ROI is lower turnover, absenteeism and financial stress, higher employee engagement and productivity, and better health outcomes. Best Money Moves Pro combines true AI (powered by Anthropic’s Claude), advanced algorithms and best-in-class partners to support small to medium businesses, powering them with necessary back office support to greater financial success. Today, more than 1,000 companies rely on Best Money Moves to power their workforce financial wellness.