Jack Raines is a writer, investor, and author who turned a $150,000 trading loss into a media career and a Penguin Random House book deal. He writes Young Money, a newsletter with 61,000+ subscribers covering behavioral finance, career philosophy, and what your twenties are actually for. He's now an investment associate at Slow Ventures, where he works on their $63M Creator Fund. Known for viral LinkedIn satire that got him reported to Columbia Business School as the 'Bacon Bandit of Hell's Kitchen,' he combines intellectual rigor with a refusal to take himself too seriously.
Ben Carlson is a CFA charterholder, Director of Institutional Asset Management at Ritholtz Wealth Management, and one of the most widely-read finance writers in the United States. Through his blog A Wealth of Common Sense, co-hosted podcast Animal Spirits, and six books, Carlson has built a reputation for translating Wall Street complexity into plain-English wisdom that ordinary investors can actually use - advocating for simplicity, patience, and behavioral discipline over market-timing and stock-picking.
Morgan Housel is a partner at Collaborative Fund and bestselling author of 'The Psychology of Money' (2020) and 'Same As Ever' (2023), with over 11 million copies sold globally across 60+ languages. A former Wall Street Journal contributor and two-time Best in Business award winner, he writes about the intersection of human behavior and money, arguing that financial success is less about intelligence and more about temperament. Housel sits on the board of Markel Corporation and is widely regarded as one of the most influential voices in behavioral finance today.