Ric Edelman

Ric Edelman is the Co-Founder of the Digital Asset Council of Financial Professionals (DACFP). He has coached, trained, and advised thousands of investors, fund managers, and wealth advisors on the subject of digital assets. He is the investment advisor that investment advisors go to for guidance about digital assets. He is also the founder of Edelman Financial Services (later, Edelman Financial Engines), and the host of a weekly personal finance talk radio show called The Ric Edelman Show, named by TALKERS magazine to the “100 Most Important Radio Talk Show Hosts in America”.

Edelman was also the host of the public television show The Truth About Money with Ric Edelman. In July 2001, Edelman’s book Ordinary People, Extraordinary Wealth appeared at #1 in the paperback “Advice, How-to and Miscellaneous” category of the New York Times Best Seller list. Barron’s ranked Edelman the #1 Independent Financial Advisor in the United States in 2012. In 2019, Barron’s added Edelman to its Financial Advisors Hall of Fame.