David Bach (author)

David L. Bach is an American financial author, television personality, motivational speaker, entrepreneur and founder of FinishRich.com. Bach, is best known for his Finish Rich Book Series and Automatic Millionaire Series of motivational financial books under the Finish Rich Brand. He has written 12 books since 1998 with over seven million copies in print.^[3]

David Bach
Born	Oakland, California, United States
Nationality	American
Education	Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences and Communication (1990)[1]
Alma mater	University of Southern California[2]
Occupation(s)	Financial author, television personality, motivational speaker, financial advisor, personal finance columnist
Website	www.DavidBach.com

Eleven of Bach's books have been national bestsellers, including nine consecutive New York Times bestsellers, two of which were consecutive #1 New York Times bestsellers (The Automatic Millionaire and Start Late, Finish Rich).^[4]

Bach's first book Smart Women Finish Rich was published in 1998, and appeared on the bestseller lists for a decade.^{[citation needed]} His most recent book Debt Free For Life^[5] (2011) was published by Crown Business Books, and appeared simultaneously on the New York Times,^[5] Wall Street Journal^[6] and USA Today bestseller lists.

Biography

He Bach was born in Oakland, California in 1966 to Bobbi and Martin Bach. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences and Communication at the University of Southern California in 1990, and was honored by USC as a distinguished alumnus in 2010.^[7]

Bach is involved with various causes including serving on the board for Habitat for Humanity, New York. Bach has donated proceeds from his books to Habitat for Humanity - New York City, Waterkeeper Alliance and Charity: water. He also co-founded Makers of Memories,^[8] a charity organization dedicated to helping women and children who are victims of domestic violence.

Prior to founding FinishRich Media, LLC, he was a senior vice president of Morgan Stanley and a partner of The Bach Group, (1993 to 2001). Bach is regularly featured in the media. He has appeared over six times on The Oprah Winfrey Show^[9] and every Wednesday he gives financial advice on The Today Show Money 911^[10] segment. He has also appeared on many other nationally syndicated shows including: Weekend Today, CNN's Larry King Live, ABC's Live with Regis and Kelly,^[11] The View, CBS's Early Show,^[12] ABC News, ABC's Good Money,^[13] Fox News,^[14] and CNBC.

He has been featured in many major publications, including The New York Times,^[4] BusinessWeek,^[15] USA Today, People, Reader's Digest, Time, Financial Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal,^[16] Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Working Woman, Glamour and Family Circle. He has been a contributor to Redbook Magazine, Smart Money Magazine, Oprah.com, Yahoo Finance, Forbes.com and AOL Money.^[17]

Writing

David Bach is the bestselling author of twelve books, including two consecutive #1 New York Times bestsellers, Start Late, Finish Rich and The Automatic Millionaire.

• Smart Women Finish Rich (1999).
• Smart Couples Finish Rich (2001)
• The Finish Rich Workbook (2003)
• The Finish Rich Dictionary (2003)
• The Automatic Millionaire (2005)
• The Automatic Millionaire Workbook (2005)
• Start Late, Finish Rich (2006)
• The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner (2005)
• Go Green, Live Rich (2008)
• Fight For Your Money (2009)
• Start Over, Finish Rich (2010)
• Debt Free For Life (2011)
• The Latte Factor (2019)^[18]

Personal life

Bach currently resides in Florence, Italy with his family.^[19][20]