Ric Edelman
Ric Edelman founded the nation’s largest financial planning firm, which manages $350 billion for 1.4 million families across the United States. He was ranked three times as the nation’s #1 Independent Financial Advisor by Barron’s, is in two industry Halls of Fame and is the recipient of three Lifetime Achievement Awards. He holds two patents for financial product innovation, appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show five times and was once the answer to 21 Across in a New York Times crossword puzzle.
Edelman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 14 books on personal finance, with more than 1.2 million copies in eight languages worldwide. At Rowan University, he is the founding head of the School of Financial Planning; benefactor of Edelman Fossil Park, the Edelman Planetarium and the Edelman Scholars; and the Ric Edelman College of Communications, Humanities and Social Sciences is named in his honor.
Ric is also founding executive director of the Personal Finance Institute, which is devoted to professional development in the financial planning field and fostering financial literacy for all Americans. He has been a member of the Museum’s Board of Trustees since 2023