Dave Ramsey: Founder and CEO of Ramsey Solutions

About Dave Ramsey: Founder and CEO of Ramsey Solutions

David Lawrence Ramsey III (born September 3, 1960, in Maryville, Tennessee) is an American radio personality who offers financial advice. He co-hosts the nationally syndicated radio program The Ramsey Show and is the founder and CEO of Ramsey Solutions. He has written several books, including the New York Times bestseller The Total Money Makeover, and hosted a Fox Business television show from 2007 to 2010. Ramsey was born to parents who worked in real estate and was raised in the Antioch neighborhood of Nashville. At 18 he took the real estate exam and began buying and selling property while attending the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and real estate. By 1986 he had accumulated a real estate portfolio valued at over $4 million, but when his primary lender was sold, the new owners called in all his promissory notes at once; unable to pay, he filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy in 1988. While rebuilding his finances he began giving financial counseling sessions at his church, and in 1991, as demand grew, formed the Lampo Group, now Ramsey Solutions, to counsel professionally. He wrote and self-published his first book, Financial Peace, in 1992, and by 1996 was the solo host of the radio show, which was eventually renamed The Dave Ramsey Show. Sources: English Wikipedia (Dave Ramsey, accessed September 2026).

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Founder and CEO, Ramsey Solutions; host, The Ramsey Show

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Ramsey Solutions

Personal Finance Education, Media, Publishing

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