Barry Ritholtz — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Chairman and CIO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, an asset management firm with over $5 billion in assets under management.
Founder of Ritholtz Wealth Management, established in 2013.
Host of Bloomberg Radio’s 'Masters in Business' podcast, which has over 50 million streams/downloads, and 'At The Money'.
Recipient of the Adweek 2023 Audio Award for Best Business-to-Business Podcast for 'Masters in Business'.
Author of 'Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy' (2009) and 'How Not To Invest' (2025).
Former columnist for Bloomberg Opinion (2013-2021) and The Washington Post (2011-2017).
Graduated cum laude with a J.D. from Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of of Law in 1989 and holds a B.A. in Political Science from Stony Brook University.

Biography

Barry Ritholtz is the Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management (RWM), a financial planning and asset management firm he founded in 2013. RWM manages over $5 billion in assets and has been recognized as ETF Advisor of the Year and one of America’s fastest-growing RIAs.