Joshua Morgan Brown (born February 25, 1977) 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[1] and Upside.[2] "Downtown" Josh Brown was ranked the No. 1 financial Twitter follow by The Wall Street Journal in 2013.[3] Brown also co-hosts a weekly podcast with Michael Batnick entitled The Compound & Friends.
Writing
Brown is the author of Backstage Wallstreet,[4] 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".[5] The Reformed Broker blog celebrated its fifth anniversary on November 10, 2013.[6]
Personal life
Brown is a resident of Long Island, New York.