David L. Bach is an

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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. Eleven of Bach's books have been national bestsellers, including nine consecutive

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bestsellers, two of which were consecutive #1 ''

'' bestsellers (''The Automatic Millionaire'' and ''Start Late, Finish Rich''). Bach has had four of his books ''Smart Women Finish Rich, Smart Couples Finish Rich, The Automatic Millionaire and The Finish Rich Workbook'' appear simultaneously on the ''

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, and

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'' bestseller lists. Eleven of Bach's books have been published from

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(

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). Bach's first book ''Smart Women Finish Rich'' was published in 1998, and appeared on the bestseller lists for a decade. His most recent book ''Debt Free For Life'' (2011) was published by Crown Business Books, and appeared simultaneously on the ''

, ''

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'' bestseller lists. Bach has appeared regularly on television dispensing his financial advice since 1994. His first appearance on television took place in San Francisco, on local cable channel

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— where he was "The Money Doctor", and answered personal financial questions. He was a regular contributor to ''

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'', appearing weekly on the ''Money 911'' Segments. He also has contributed to ''

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''. He has appeared on ''

'' over six times including the shows "How to become an Automatic Millionaire" (2004), "How to become an Automatic Millionaire Couple" (2004) and "Oprah's Debt Diet Series" (2006). Bach has appeared on CBS's ''The Early Show'', NBC's ''Weekend Today'',

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'', ABC's ''

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'', and ABC's '' The View''. Bach has written, produced and hosted two public television specials, ''Smart Women Finish Rich'' and ''The Automatic Millionaire'' which aired nationally. ''Smart Women Finish Rich'' was produced by

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(1998) and ''The Automatic Millionaire'' by Chicago Public Television (2006). He has hosted two radio shows, ''Finish Rich with David Bach'' (

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) and ''The Finish Rich Minute'' (Westwood One).

Early life and education

David Bach was born in

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in 1966 to Bobbi and Martin Bach. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences and Communication at the

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in 1990, and was honored by USC as a distinguished alumnus in 2010.

Early career

Prior to founding FinishRich Media, LLC, he was senior vice president of

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and a partner of The Bach Group, (1993 to 2001).

Writing

David Bach is the bestselling author of twelve books, including two consecutive ''#1

'' bestsellers, ''Start Late, Finish Rich'' and ''The Automatic Millionaire'' as well as the national and international bestsellers ''Debt Free For Life, Fight For Your Money, Go Green, Live Rich, The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner, Smart Women Finish Rich, Smart Couples Finish Rich, The Finish Rich Workbook'', and ''The Automatic Millionaire Workbook.'' *''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)''

Media

Bach is regularly featured in the media. He has appeared over six times on ''

'' and every Wednesday he gives financial advice on ''

Money 911'' 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'', ''The View, CBS's Early Show'', ''ABC News, ABC's Good Money'', ''Fox News'', and ''CNBC''. He has been featured in many major publications, including ''

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'', ''BusinessWeek'', ''

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, Working Woman, Glamour'' and ''

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''. He has been a contributor to ''

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, Smart Money Magazine'', Oprah.com,

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Charitable causes

David 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,

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and Charity: water. He also co-founded Makers of Memories, a charity organization dedicated to helping women and children who are victims of domestic violence.

Personal life

Bach currently resides in

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with his family.

References

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