- Founder of FinancialBootCamp.org, a non-profit program that provides free financial advice to military personnel.
- Worked as a researcher at a large mutual fund
- Worked as a stockbroker at one of the largest brokerage firms in the country
- Founder and president of his own investment advisory firm
Ken Clark is a former writer for The Balance covering issues of college savings and paying for college for more than three years. He has been working in the financial planning industry for over a decade.
Clark sat on the pension management board of one of the largest non-profit organizations in the country.
He worked for PaineWebber (now UBS), co-managing over $100,000,000 in assets before starting his his own investment management firm and a subsidiary. He now divides his time between running his financial planning practice, pastoral counseling, and pro bono work for military families.
Clark received a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology from National University, making him one of the foremost experts on the overlap of personal finance and psychology.
Awards and Publications- Author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Out of Debt.
- Awarded "Mentor of the Year" by the Investment News in 2007 for his work with at-risk youth.
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