Ric Edelman is the chairman

Chair (official)

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 and CEO

Chief executive officer

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 of Edelman Financial Services, LLC., the author

Author

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 of several personal finance

Personal finance

Personal finance is the application of the principles of finance to the monetary decisions of an individual or family unit. It addresses the ways in which individuals or families obtain, budget, save, and spend monetary resources over time, taking into account various financial risks and future...

 books and the host of a syndicated weekly personal finance talk radio

Talk radio

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 show called The Ric Edelman Show. He is an alumnus of Rowan University

Rowan University

Rowan University is a public university in Glassboro, New Jersey, USA with a satellite campus in Camden, New Jersey. The school was founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School on a twenty-five acre tract of land donated by the town...

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Edelman Financial

Edelman is the chairman and CEO of Edelman Financial Services, LLC., a financial advisory firm with offices in the Washington D.C. and New York metro areas. Ric is ranked the #1 Independent Financial Advisor in the nation by Barron’s.

The Ric Edelman Radio Show

Edelman is the host of a weekly talk radio show called The Ric Edelman Show.

Talkers Magazine

Talkers magazine

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listed Ric Edelman in the top 250 most important U.S. radio talk show hosts in 2010.

External links

• Ric Edelman
• Edelman Financial Services LLC