Clark Howard
Clark Howard is a consumer advocate, author and podcast host helping people save money, understand their finances and spot rip-offs.
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- Work
- Consumer advocate, podcast host and author
- First business
- Opened Action Travel in 1981
- Radio breakthrough
- Cover Your Assets on WGST in 1989; national syndication in 1998
- Community
- Founded the Consumer Action Center in 1993
Mini bio
How it started.
A family financial setback during college made saving personal for Clark. He worked while studying, later joined IBM, and opened Action Travel in 1981. Selling the successful agency let him retire at 31.
Finding his audience.
Travel advice brought him onto Atlanta radio as a guest in 1987. WGST gave him Cover Your Assets in 1989; he moved to WSB in 1991, and The Clark Howard Show entered national syndication in 1998.
Where fans find him now.
His podcast pairs consumer news with listener questions brought by Christa DiBiase. In the recurring Clark Stinks segment, fans get to challenge his advice. His books take the same practical approach: Living Large in Lean Times became a number-one New York Times bestseller, followed by Living Large for the Long Haul.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2013Clark Howard’s Living Large for the Long HaulCo-author with Mark Meltzer and Theo Thimou
- 2011Clark Howard’s Living Large in Lean TimesCo-author with Mark Meltzer and Theo Thimou
Broadcasting
- 1998The Clark Howard Show enters national syndicationHost
- 1989Cover Your AssetsHost, WGST Atlanta
Awards
Quotes
My goal is to provide consumer information through whatever channel people find convenient.Clark Howard, official biography
Explaining why he shares consumer advice across different media.
Trivia
- He saved every other paycheck while building his financial independence.
- His first radio appearances were about travel deals.
- He taught his children to compare unit prices starting in third grade.
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