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 ''New York Times'' bestsellers, two of which were consecutive #1 ''New York Times'' bestsellers (''The Automatic Millionaire'' and ''Start Late, Finish Rich''). 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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Biography

He 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

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as a distinguished alumnus in 2010. 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. Prior to founding FinishRich Media, LLC, he was a senior vice president of

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and a partner of The Bach Group, (1993 to 2001). Bach is regularly featured in the media. He has appeared over six times on ''

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

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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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, Forbes.com and AOL Money.

Writing

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

'' bestsellers, ''Start Late, Finish Rich'' and ''The Automatic Millionaire''. *''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)''

Personal life

Bach currently resides in

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with his family.

References

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