Joshua Morgan Brown (born February 25, 1977) is an American author, columnist, blogger, commentator on CNBC, and CEO of New York City-based Ritholtz Wealth Management, an independent investment advisory firm he founded with Barry Ritholtz. He is also a contributing columnist to Yahoo! Finance, Business Insider and Upside. "Downtown" Josh Brown was ranked the No. 1 financial Twitter follow by The Wall Street Journal in 2013. Brown also co-hosts a weekly podcast with Michael Batnick entitled The Compound & Friends.
Brown is the author of Backstage Wallstreet, published in 2012. His second book was released in 2014, Clash of the Financial Pundits co-authored with CNBC and Yahoo! Finance commentator Jeff Macke. He is also the author of The Reformed Broker, a widely read blog about "markets, politics, economics, media, culture and finance". The Reformed Broker blog celebrated its fifth anniversary on November 10, 2013.
Brown graduated with a bachelor's degree from University of Maryland in 1999 and has stated that he holds no formal training in economics.
Brown is a resident of Long Island, New York.