DAVID BACH is the author of the national bestsellers Smart Women Finish Rich and Smart Couples Finish Rich. The host of his own PBS television special, Smart Women Finish Rich, Bach is recognized as one of the country's leading financial educators. Bach's investment principles are taught nationally by thousands of financial advisors through his Smart Women Finish Rich(TM) and Smart Couples Finish Rich(TM) Seminars, which hundreds of thousands of people have attended. Prior to founding FinishRich(TM) Inc., he was a senior vice president of a major New York brokerage firm and a partner of The Bach Group, which during his tenure managed over a half-billion dollars for individual investors. Bach is a contributing editor to Smart Money and lives in New York City with his wife, Michelle.