Eric Tyson

Eric Tyson is a best-selling author, syndicated columnist and former financial counselor. Through his writing and teaching, he equips people to manage their personal finances better. He is a former management consultant to Fortune 500 financial service firms and has successfully invested in real estate for more than two decades.
His smash best-seller, "Personal Finance for Dummies," won the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Business Book of the Year. Eric also authored "Investing for Dummies" and co-authored the national bestsellers "Home Buying for Dummies" and "Real Estate Investing for Dummies." Additionally, he co-authored "Taxes for Dummies" and was an award-winning columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper.
An accomplished freelance personal finance writer, Tyson's work has been featured and quoted in hundreds of national and local publications, including Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and Bottom Line/Personal; and on NBC’s "Today Show," Fox, ABC, CNBC, PBS’s "Nightly Business Report," CNN, CBS national radio, Bloomberg Business Radio, and Business Radio Network. He’s also been a featured speaker at a White House conference on retirement planning.
Eric earned his bachelor’s degree with honors in economics at Yale University and a master's degree in business administration at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. His Web site is: www.EricTyson.com.