Tom Gardner

Tom and his brother Dave didn’t just found a company; they launched an entire movement. It began in 1993 when they created a monthly newsletter with the goal of sharing the investment lessons their father had taught them. The Motley Fool was aimed at people like them: amateurs with a passion for investment.

With the Motley Fool Channel on AOL, site Tom and Dave expanded their reach and set themselves an ambitious goal: to get one million fools on the road to financial freedom. From the beginning, patient the Fool was both irreverent and insightful. (If he hadn’t cofounded the Motley Fool, shop Tom Gardner would have undoubtedly made it as a standup comic.) As the brothers and their audience grew more knowledgeable and sophisticated, so did the Fool’s advice and analysis. In 2008, Tom and Dave’s efforts culminated in the launch of Motley Fool Asset Management (MFAM), their own mutual fund.