Tom Gardner (born April 16, 1968) is an American entrepreneur. He is one of the three founders of

The Motley Fool The Motley Fool is a private financial and investing advice company based in Alexandria, Virginia. It was founded in July 1993 by co-chairmen and brothers David Gardner and Tom Gardner, and Erik Rydholm, who has since left the company. The compa ...

. He is currently the company's

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

. Gardner is the author of ''The Motley Fool Hidden Gems'' newsletter, which aims to find the most promising small public companies for investment, and ''The Motley Fool Stock Advisor'' newsletter, in which he competes with his brother, David. Gardner attended

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

, graduating in 1990 with a B.A. with honors in English and Creative Writing. He later pursued two master's degrees at the

University of Montana The University of Montana (UM) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana. UM is a flagship institution of the Montana University System and its second largest campus. UM reported 10,962 undergraduate and graduate students in the fal ...

but left the programs to return to the D.C. area as The Motley Fool was gaining momentum. He received an honorary PhD in Humane Letters from

Strayer University Strayer University is a private for-profit university with its headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1892 as Strayer's Business College and later became Strayer College, before being granted university status in 1998. Strayer Univer ...

in 2000. In 1993, he and his older brother, David Gardner, started The Motley Fool as a vehicle for teaching people about saving and investment. The two had learned how to invest from their father. The website serves more than 5 million people around the world each month. Gardner has testified before the

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, calling for greater transparency to the dealings on

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. The Gardner brothers have co-authored several books, including ''The Motley Fool Investment Guide'', ''You Have More Than You Think'', ''Rule Breakers, Rule Makers'', and ''The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens''.

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