Phil Town is the author of "Rule #1: The Simple Strategy for Successful Investing in Only 15 Minutes a Week!" (Crown Publishing Group, 2006) the #1 New York Times best-seller and Amazon.com's top-selling business book of 2006. He heads the list of motivational speakers, addressing 500,000 people per year across the nation at the mega-seminar "Get Motivated."

Town usually is found sharing the stage with the likes of President Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, Colin Powell and Zig Ziglar, speaking to groups numbering 20,000. In addition to live audiences, Town informs listeners how to take charge of their lives and maximize their success through his best-selling book, his website (www.ruleoneinvestor.com), appearances on MSNBC's "Your Business" and via his blog (http://philtown.typepad.com).