Who Is That Guy?

Author of the bestseller Beyond Paycheck to Paycheck, Michael B. Rubin is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional. In addition to his experience providing sophisticated financial advice to affluent clients, Michael has been a key source of information for over a decade to countless others.  He speaks passionately about and provides guidance on virtually all personal financial planning topics.

As a true expert gifted in simplifying money matters, Michael was recently named the guide to Retirement Planning at About.com which, as a New York Times company, is one of the web's leading producers of original content.  In addition, he also writes the popular Beyond Paycheck to Paycheck blog.

Michael has appeared in various media, including Fox News Chicago, radio stations across the country, and national media including CNN Money.com, latimes.com, The Wall Street Journal, SmartMoney.com, Chicago Tribune, Financial Advisor Magazine, and Investment News. (View a more comprehensive list of his media presence.)

Prior to founding Total Candor LLC, Michael worked in the personal financial services practices of two of the former “Big Six” accounting firms. Subsequently working for several years as a new venture executive for Toys “R” Us, Inc., he made sure that he never actually grew up.  He holds an undergraduate business degree from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.  Michael lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire with his wife and two daughters.