John Molvar is a private investor who has been investing for more than 20 years and also previously worked as a nuclear engineer for 22 years before retiring early at age 43. Investing in individual stocks he has beaten the stock market by a wide margin averaging 16.1% average annual returns versus 3.1% for the S&P 500 during the 15 year period from 1999 to 2013. He is the author of Beginning Investing that has the highest possible rating of 5 stars on Amazon. He is also co-author of the Youth And Teen Running Encyclopedia that has the highest possible rating of 5 stars on Amazon.