Ed Slott was named "The Best" source for IRA advice by The Wall Street Journal and called "America's IRA Expert" by Mutual Funds Magazine. Ed is a widely recognized professional speaker and educator specializing in retirement distribution planning, teaching both financial advisors and consumers how to best take advantage of our complicated tax code.

Ed has created the nationally aired Public Television specials, including the all-new "Ed Slott's Retirement Rescue!", "Lower Your Taxes! Now and Forever", "Stay Rich for Life!" and "Stay Rich Forever & Ever with Ed Slott", which have been viewed by millions across America.

He also established the IRA Leadership Program^SM and Ed Slott's Elite IRA Advisor Group^SM, which were developed specifically to help financial institutions and advisors, financial advisor firms and insurance companies become recognized leaders in the IRA marketplace.

Ed is the author of The Retirement Savings Time Bomb and How to Defuse it (Penguin, 2012), Ed Slott's Retirement Decisions Guide: 2011 Edition (Ed Slott, 2010), Stay Rich for Life! (Ballantine Books, 2009), Parlay Your IRA Into a Family Fortune (Penguin, 2008), Your Complete Retirement Planning Road Map (Ballantine Books, 2007), and Ed Slott's IRA Advisor, a monthly IRA newsletter. He also writes personal finance columns for numerous financial publications and co-authored an extensive special report with Harry Dent titled, Taxing Away Your Wealth.

He is a past Chairman of the New York State Society of CPAs Estate Planning Committee and editor of the IRA Planning section of The CPA Journal. Ed was a past recipient of the prestigious "Excellence in Estate Planning" and "Outstanding Service" awards presented by The Foundation for Accounting Education. He is a former Board member of The Estate Planning Council of New York City.

Ed has been quoted in The New York Times, Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Time, Newsweek, Fortune Magazine, Forbes Magazine, Money Magazine, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, USA Today, Bloomberg Personal, Investor's Business Daily, Smart Money and a host of additional national magazines and financial publications. He has appeared on NBC, ABC, CBS, CNBC, CNN, FOX, PBS, National Public Radio, and Bloomberg TV and radio.