Who We Are

Since Investopedia was launched in 1999, we’ve made it our mission to simplify complex financial information and decisions for our readers, giving them the confidence to manage every aspect of their financial life.

Our millions of users come to us from all over the world and from all walks of life. Some are learning about money and investing for the first time, while others are experienced investors, business owners, professionals, financial advisors, and executives looking to improve their knowledge and skills. No matter who they are, we are here to help.

Investopedia is a part of the Dotdash publishing family.

AWARDS

• 2017 Best Places to Work, Crains
• 2017 Best Places to Work, Business Intelligence Group
• 2017 & 2018 Great Place to Work, Great Place to Work Institute
• 2017 & 2018 Financial Content Marketing Award, Gramercy Institute
• 2019 FCS Portfolio Awards, Branded Content, Financial Communications Society

Our Commitment to Diverse Perspectives and Inclusive Content

We aim to reflect the perspectives of all ethnicities, gender identities, generations, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic backgrounds in our content to ensure we are elevating and empowering those with different points of view and serving all of our diverse readers. Specifically, we are committed to improve the degree to which Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) are represented on our editorial staff and contributor teams, as well as ensuring our content is inclusive of BIPOC perspectives. You can read our full diversity and inclusion pledge for more details.

Senior Editorial Team

Caleb Silver has been the Editor in Chief of Investopedia since 2016. He is an award-winning media executive with more than 20 years of experience in business news, digital publishing and documentaries.

Prior to joining Investopedia, Caleb was the Director of Business News for CNN and worked for the network for ten years in a variety of executive and management roles including the Executive Producer for CNNMoney.com, where he helped launch the CNNMoney Video Network. He was also a Sr. Producer on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. Caleb began his business journalism career at Bloomberg News in 1997, where he worked as a senior television producer for eight years. Over the course of his career, he has earned and contributed to multiple industry awards and nominations, including the EMMYs, EPPYs, SABEW’s Best in Business, and the Peabody. He is on the Board of Governors for SABEW (Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing).

Caleb earned his M.A. at NYU’s Carter Journalism Institute and his B.A. from Colgate University.

Anna Attkisson is the Editorial Director for Investopedia. She has spent 20 years dedicated to helping readers understand highly complex subjects through both print and digital content.

Prior to joining Investopedia, Anna was the Editorial Director of Business.com. Anna began her career as an ASME (American Society of Magazine Editors) intern at American Homestyle & Gardening magazine. Since then, she has gone on to cover a vast range of topics from small business to finance in her roles at Time Inc., Laptop Mag, Tom’s Guide, Tom’s IT Pro and Business.com.

Anna holds a Bachelor of Science from the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas.

James Chen is the Director, Trading & Investing Education at Investopedia. Over two decades, he has been a trader, investor, investment adviser and global market strategist; he has extensive market expertise in stocks, options, fixed income, commodities and currencies.

Prior to joining Investopedia, James was the Head of Research at Gain Capital. James is the author of "Essentials of Technical Analysis for Financial Markets" (John Wiley and Sons, 2010), "Essentials of Foreign Exchange Trading" (John Wiley and Sons, 2009), and author/speaker for the instructional video series, "High Probability Trend Following." He has served as a guest expert for CNBC, Bloomberg TV, Forbes and Reuters, among other key financial news media.

A graduate of Tufts University, James is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT).

Julia Kagan is the Senior Editor, Personal Finance at Investopedia and has been with the company since 2014. A longtime writer and editor about finance for national consumer and technical audiences, she is the former editor of Consumer Reports and Psychology Today and was also Vice President and Editorial Director of Consumers Union as well as Vice President, Content for Zagat Surveys.

She has held senior editorial jobs at a number of other publications, including as executive editor of Working Woman magazine. Her business-book editing experience includes being charts editor of “Ahead of the Curve: A Commonsense Guide to Forecasting Business and Market Cycles” by Joseph H. Ellis (Harvard Business School Press, 2005) and editing “The Trial of a Social Security Disability Case” by The Honorable Marvin Schwartz (The Social Security Disability Foundation, 1983).

As an editor, she won a National Magazine Award (2004, Leisure Interests), was a NMA finalist in 2004, 2000 and 1999 (all Personal Service), and twice in 1986 (General Excellence, Personal Service) – and also won the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism (2000). Kagan was the Visiting J. Stewart Riley Professor of Journalism at Indiana University from 1991-1993.

Julia is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and holds an MFA from the Bennington College Writing Seminars.

Ben Woolsey is the Senior Editor, Credit Cards at Investopedia. With over 30 years experience in financial services, he oversees all of Investopedia's credit card and broader credit education content.

He has held senior positions at a number of credit card focused publications, managing credit card content development and marketing for consumer-facing marketplace websites including CreditCards.com, where he served as director of marketing and consumer research.

Prior to the publishing world, Ben worked for several of the nation's largest credit card issuers, where he developed reward programs for consumer and business card products along with managing airline and publishing co-brand partnerships. He has also been sought out as a subject matter expert by national and local media to offer informed and objective commentary on a broad array of issues related to payment cards including developing industry trends, new technology, security breaches, and reward programs.

Ben earned both his MBA and BSBA, Marketing from the University of Arkansas (Sam M. Walton College of Business).

Theresa Carey is the Senior Writer, Brokerage and Investing Products at Investopedia. She’s been writing about financial services and financial technology for over 28 years and wrote one of the first reviews of online brokers for PC Magazine in 1992.

Prior to joining Investopedia, Theresa was a contributing editor at Barron’s for their “The Electronic Investor” which later became “Digital Investor” column. She also authored their annual reviews of online brokers from 1996 through 2018. She is a longtime contributor to numerous technology publications including PC Magazine, PC World, Computer Shopper, Windows Sources, PC Week / eWeek, and others.

Theresa earned her M.S. in Applied Economics from the University of Santa Clara and her B.A., Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Editorial Standards

Our mission is to simplify complex financial information and decisions so that our readers have the confidence to manage every aspect of their financial life. We aim to ensure that all of the articles on our site are empowering, unbiased, accurate and inclusive.

We are committed to following the Codes of Ethics of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW). Our content is guided by and upholds the Society for Professional Journalists’ foundations of ethical journalism: being accurate and fair, minimizing harm, acting independently, and being accountable and transparent. We also uphold the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines on disclosures, where applicable.

Our editorial team is continually evaluating the articles across our site to flag any that contain information that is known to be or is likely to be out-of-date. Such articles are reviewed and updated or, if necessary, completely rewritten, rechecked, and re-edited. Our network of experienced experts who uphold our process and policies assists with our updating efforts. Articles that have been updated are date-stamped to reflect this.

Our editorial team approves all story ideas independently, and our expert contributors each have deep subject matter expertise in the topics that we assign them. Our team of professional editors, fact checkers and producers reviews content to ensure it upholds our values.

All staff are responsible for disclosing any potential conflicts of interest.

History of Investopedia

Investopedia was founded in 1999 by Cory Wagner and Cory Janssen and was launched as a comprehensive investing and finance dictionary at a time when your next best option was a textbook. The founders aimed to make finance and investing easier to understand and every definition featured both a matter of fact explanation as well as a more friendly layman’s version.

From 2000-02, Investopedia expanded its library of content to include articles, in-depth guides and FAQs in order to provide more comprehensive coverage of the finance and investing landscape.

In 2003, Investopedia launched its Stock Simulator, as a way for people to practice trading stocks, ETFs and options in a mock portfolio using virtual money. Since 2003, millions of users have used the product to learn everything from the basics of how market and limit orders work, to practicing day-trading strategies.

In 2004, Investopedia launched online exam study guides for the Series 7 and CFA exams along with a quiz tool to help aspiring financial professionals study for their exams.

In 2005, Investopedia began writing more actionable investing and trading analysis to build on the still growing educational library of content. Rather than promising unrealistic gains or downplaying the risks associated with investing, Investopedia stayed true to its roots and wrote unbiased insight and analysis. Investopedia also launched stock and ETF quote pages to satisfy reader needs for the latest data.

2007 was a notable year for Investopedia as it was the year the founders sold the company to Forbes. Some time after the acquisition the two founders left the company to pursue other projects.

In 2008, Investopedia began to write educational content in the personal finance space, tackling saving, budgeting, retirement planning and financial products like mortgages, insurance and credit cards.

Investopedia continued to expand its library of content to well over 30,000 pieces and in 2010 was sold from Forbes to ValueClick (now Conversant).

During 2010-13 Investopedia underwent a number of organizational changes under ValueClick and continued to invest in creating the best quality financial content and educational tools. In 2013, Investopedia was sold to IAC along with a number of other websites operated by Conversant (formerly ValueClick).

After integrating into IAC, Investopedia continued to invest in improving its quote pages and other markets tools as well as content for financial advisors and professional traders. In 2015, IAC hired David Siegel to be Investopedia’s CEO. Prior to Investopedia, David was President of stock market news and opinion site Seeking Alpha.

In 2016 Investopedia launched Advisor Insights as a way for its users to get access to the expertise of financial advisors for free. For advisors, it was a way to showcase their expertise to Investopedia’s 20+ million users and build their personal brand.

In 2017 Investopedia completely revamped its markets experience, and paired that with increased coverage of the most-followed stocks in the US markets. It also launched Investopedia Academy as a place for users to purchase video courses from leading experts in a variety of finance and investing topics.

In 2018 Investopedia joined the Dotdash publishing family.

In February 2019 Investopedia launched its first annual Best Online Brokers Awards.

Management Team

Investopedia is part of the Dotdash publishing family and operates under the leadership of CEO Neil Vogel and the rest of the Dotdash senior management team.

Jon oversees the finance media properties at Dotdash (Investopedia and The Balance). He has been with Dotdash since 2013 and previously held roles as Chief Innovation Officer and Head of Data Science, where he derived insights from more than 20 years of Internet data across thousands of topics. Prior to joining Dotdash, Jon spent 10 years as a theoretical physicist focused on making dark matter predictions for the hadron collider at CERN, and cosmic ray predictions for the AMS detector on the International Space Station. He also worked on the Pierre Auger telescope in Argentina.

Jon received his Ph.D at the University of Southampton and his M.A. from the University of Oxford.

As CRO, Katherine is responsible for global revenue and revenue strategy, overseeing the entire Investopedia revenue organization.

Before joining Investopedia, Katherine was the SVP of Sales at Seeking Alpha where she oversaw advertising sales and support. Prior to Seeking Alpha, Katherine held sales leadership roles at WSJ Digital Network and MarketWatch. She started her media career in advertising at Digitas and Yahoo.

Katherine holds a B.A. in History & Psychology from Boston College.

As GM, Dylan oversees Investopedia's strategy and operations. He has been with Investopedia since 2011 and previously held roles in product, technology, operations, and marketing prior to becoming Investopedia’s GM.

Dylan holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Alberta.

As VP of Sales, Jen is responsible for global direct sales and sales strategy. She oversees a team of seasoned account executives in growing our robust and diverse client base.

Prior to joining Investopedia, Jen was the financial sales lead at Flipboard. Previously, she held digital and mobile roles at Seeking Alpha and Yahoo! Inc. She started her media career in advertising at The Weather Channel and USA Network.

Jen holds a B.A. in Philosophy and Communication from the University of Delaware.

As VP of Client Services, Megan oversees the Sales Planning and Account Management teams to develop creative solutions for our global client base and execute successful partnerships.

Prior to joining Investopedia in 2015, Megan was the Director of Client Services at SET Media, a video technology company focused on utilizing computer vision and facial recognition technology to align brands with safe and relevant video content. She started her career in media planning at Universal McCann, San Francisco working with brands such as Microsoft and Sony.

Megan holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Michigan.

As VP of Marketing, Michael oversees all aspects of ad sales marketing in the B2B space for Investopedia.

Prior to this, Michael was the VP, Product Sales & Strategy at Seeking Alpha, overseeing the custom solutions team. He started his career at Lowe & Partner/SMS as an Account Executive producing digital projects for Smirnoff and Mercedes. Michael made the move to the financial world in 2006 when he joined Bloomberg, where he spent more than seven years directing digital sales, first on the West Coast and then in the Northeast.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies from Fordham University.

About Dotdash

Investopedia is part of the Dotdash publishing family. Dotdash brands help people find answers, solve problems, and get inspired. We reach over 100 million people each month, more than 35% of the U.S. online population, according to comScore, and are one of the largest content publishers on the Internet. Dotdash brands collectively have won more than 50 industry awards in the last year alone, and are among the fastest-growing in their categories. Our brands include Verywell, Investopedia, The Spruce, The Balance, Byrdie, MyDomaine, Brides, Lifewire, TripSavvy, Liquor.com, Treehugger and ThoughtCo. Here is an overview of our properties:

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

The Verywell family of brands, including Verywell Health, Verywell Fit, Verywell Family, and Verywell Mind, take a human approach to health and wellness content and are a welcome alternative to hyper-clinical health sites. More than 34 million people use Verywell sites each month to feel better and be healthier.

INVESTING AND FINANCIAL EDUCATION

Investopedia helps investors understand financial concepts, improve investing skills, and learn how to manage their money. Investopedia reaches nearly 19 million people each month.

HOME AND FOOD

The Spruce family of brands, including The Spruce, The Spruce Eats, The Spruce Pets, and The Spruce Crafts combine inspiration with how-to advice to help users create homes they love. Collectively, The Spruce sites reach over 44 million people each month.

PERSONAL FINANCE

The Balance family of brands, including The Balance, The Balance Careers, and The Balance Small Business, deliver clear, practical, and straightforward personal financial advice to 19 million people each month.

BEAUTY

Byrdie is dedicated to all things beauty, inside and out. From hair and makeup to health and wellness, Byrdie takes a fresh, no-nonsense approach to feeling and looking your best. Byrdie reaches over six million people each month.

LIFESTYLE

MyDomaine makes an aspirational life achievable—and affordable—with curated home-design inspiration, quick and fresh recipes, and healthy relationship advice that awaken a life well lived. MyDomaine reaches over two million people each month.

WEDDINGS

Brides inspires and guides our two million monthly users as they make decisions from pre-engagement through the honeymoon. Brides is committed to bringing you an inclusive look at the world of weddings, with every type of couple, every type of wedding, and every type of celebration.

TECH

Lifewire provides helpful, actionable tech tips, advice, and answers, without confusing jargon. Lifewire helps nearly nine million people each month get the most out of their technology.

TRAVEL

TripSavvy delivers curated expert advice for family and vacation travelers. We help over two million people each month have the best travel experiences.

HOME AND FOOD

Liquor.com is dedicated to good drinking and great living. We inspire, entertain and educate over three million people each month interested in what happens in the glass and out of it.

SUSTAINABILITY

Treehugger is the only modern sustainability site that offers advice, clarity, and inspiration for both the eco-savvy and the green living novice. With more than three million monthly users, Treehugger is one of the world’s largest information sites dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream.

EDUCATION AND INFORMATION

ThoughtCo is one of the largest and most comprehensive learning, information, and education sites online. ThoughtCo helps nearly eight million people a month become lifelong learners.

Source: comScore, April 2020 US

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Locations

Our primary offices are in New York, NY and Edmonton, Canada.

We are serious about maintaining a company culture in each office that is imaginative and fun. Investopedia's offices are collaborative, highly engaged, and full of positive energy.

1500 Broadway

New York, NY 10036

4208 - 97 Street

Edmonton, AB T6E 5Z9

Careers

Investopedia is a fast growing company and we are always looking for motivated, multi-talented and organized people to join our team. To learn more, please see our Careers page.