J. L. Collins

Thomas J. Stanley was an American writer and business theorist.

William D. Danko (b. 1952) is an American author and professor of marketing at the School of Business, State University of New York, Albany, where he has taught since 1976. He is best known as co-author of the 1996 bestseller *The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy*, written with Thomas J. Stanley. His academic work has appeared in the *Journal of Consumer Research*, *Journal of Business Research*, and *Journal of Advertising Research*, among other leading journal

Joe Dominguez (1938–1997) was a Wall Street financial analyst who retired at age 31 by following a nine-step program of his own devising. A pioneering figure in the Voluntary Simplicity movement, he urged Americans to save money and reduce consumption. He co-wrote the influential book Your Money or Your Life with his partner Vicki Robin, and died of cancer in January 1997.

Vicki Robin is an American writer and speaker.

Mel Lindauer, CFS, WMS, is a co-author of *The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing* and *The Bogleheads' Guide to Retirement Planning*, written alongside Taylor Larimore and Michael LeBoeuf. He is one of the founders of the Bogleheads community and served as President of The John C. Bogle Center for Financial Literacy, an IRS-approved 501(c)(3) non-profit. He has also served as a Forbes.com columnist.

Taylor Larimore was born on January 25, 1924, in Boston, Massachusetts. He is best known as one of the founders of the Bogleheads movement and has authored, co-authored, and edited three books in the Bogleheads Guides series, including *The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing*. During his career, he worked as a life insurance underwriter and a revenue officer for the Internal Revenue Service.