Description: David Gardner reveals how to pick the best stocks of the future, build a strong portfolio, and manage your behavior as an investor.
Brief description: David Gardner is Co-Founder and Chief Rule Breaker of The Motley Fool, which he launched with his brother Tom in 1993 to make the world smarter, happier, and richer. For nearly 30 years, he led Motley Fool stock-picking services like Stock Advisor and Rule Breakers, delivering market-beating returns and pioneering a joyful, long-term approach to investing. David has co-authored several bestselling financial books, starting with The Motley Fool Investment Guide (1996). His latest book, Rule Breaker Investing (2025), shares his final word on stock market investing. Since 2015, he has hosted the popular Rule Breaker Investing podcast and also chairs The Motley Fool Foundation. A Morehead-Cain Scholar and graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, David is a lifelong gamer, early adopter, devoted family man, and champion of conscious capitalism.
Review Quotes:
"Few people have helped individual investors understand investing by owning good companies for the long run as much as David Gardner." --Morgan Housel, Author, The Psychology of Money
"Rule Breaker Investing takes the mystery out of the market, giving you time-tested habits to make wise, safe investments." --Arthur C. Brooks, Harvard Professor and #1 New York Times bestselling author "The best time to read Rule Breaker Investing was 20 years ago. The second best time is right now." --Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author, Drive, To Sell Is Human, and When "Rule Breaker Investing goes far beyond investing--offering powerful insights on leadership, culture, mindset, purpose, and decision-making that resonate across business and life." --Christine Porath, Professor and author, Mastering Community and Mastering Civility "Like any great investment, this book is an invitation to embrace long-term thinking, curiosity, and a dose of irreverent humor." --Raj Sisodia, Co-Founder, Conscious Capitalism Inc., and co-author, Conscious Capitalism "David Gardner has written one of the very best books on investing that I have ever read. Rule Breaking Investing is sure to become an investing classic comparable to The Intelligent Investor, One Up on Wall Street, and Stocks for the Long-Run." --John Mackey, Co-Founder and former CEO, Whole Foods Market