Steve Forbes is chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media. His newest project is the podcast "What's Ahead," where he engages the world's top newsmakers, politicians, and pioneers in business and economics in honest conversations meant to challenge traditional conventions as well as featuring his signature views on the intersection of society, economy, and policy. Mr. Forbes helped create the highly acclaimed public television documentary, In Money We Trust?, which was produced under the auspices of Maryland Public television. The film was inspired by the book he co-authored, Money: How the Destruction of the Dollar Threatens the Global Economy - and What We Can Do About It. His latest book is Inflation: What It Is, Why It's Bad, and How to Fix It, co-authored by Elizabeth Ames and Nathan Lewis. Mr. Forbes writes editorials for each issue of Forbes under the heading of "Fact and Comment." A widely respected economic prognosticator, he is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious Crystal Owl Award four times. The prize was formerly given by US Steel Corporation to the financial journalist whose economic forecasts for the coming year proved most accurate. In both 1996 and 2000, Mr. Forbes campaigned vigorously for the Republican nomination for the Presidency. Key to his platform were a flat tax, medical savings accounts, a new Social Security system for working Americans, parental choice of schools for their children, term limits, and a strong national defense.

Dr. Mark Mobius is seen by many as the founder of the emerging markets asset class. He has a reputation as one of the most successful and influential managers over the last 40 years. In May 2018, with two ex-colleagues, Dr. Mobius launched Mobius Capital Partners. The firm utilizes a highly specialized active investment approach with an emphasis on improving environmental, social, governance, and company culture (ESG+C) standards in emerging and frontier market companies. Prior to this, he was employed at Franklin Templeton Investments for more than 30 years, most recently as executive chairman of the Templeton Emerging Markets Group.

Rich Karlgaard is editor-at-large and global futurist at Forbes, one of the world's most popular business and financial magazines, reaching 80 million people per month. In every issue of Forbes, he writes a column about technology, entrepreneurship, regional and economic development, and the future of business and work called "Innovation Rules." He is the author of Life 2.0 How People Across America Are Transforming Their Lives by Finding the Where of Their Happiness, The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success, and Team Genius: The New Science of High-Performing Organizations. His latest book is Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement. Mr. Karlgaard joined Forbes in 1992 and started Forbes ASAP, a technology magazine, along with Forbes chairman and editor-in-chief, Steve Forbes, and the futurist and writer, George Gilder. He has co-founded two companies, Garage Technology Ventures and Upside magazine as well as a civic organization called the Churchill Club. For the latter, Mr. Karlgaard was a co-winner of an Ernst & Young "Northern California Entrepreneur of the Year" award. He is also on the board of directors at Forbes.com, Garage Technology Ventures, and Extend America. Mr. Karlgaard is a graduate of Stanford University.

John Tamny is vice president and director of the Center for Economic Freedom at FreedomWorks, editor of RealClearMarkets, and senior economic advisor to Toreador Research & Trading. He frequently writes about the securities markets, along with tax, trade, and monetary policy issues that impact those markets for a variety of publications including The Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, Financial Times, National Review, and London's Daily Telegraph. He is the author of three books: Popular Economics (Regnery 2015), Who Needs the Fed? (Encounter Books 2016), and The End of Work (Regnery 2018). His latest book is titled They're Both Wrong: A Policy Guide for America's Frustrated Independent Thinkers. Mr. Tamny received a BA from the University of Texas at Austin and his MBA from Vanderbilt University'.

Marilyn Cohen is one of the country's top bond managers. She began her 40-year financial career as a securities analyst at William O'Neil & Co. Ms. Cohen moved into bond brokerage at Cantor Fitzgerald, Inc. then founded Envision Capital Management over 25 years ago. As Envision's CEO, she and her company specialize in managing bond portfolios for individuals. During this same time, she has written the bond column appearing in Forbes magazine. She is the author of six books on the bond market investing for individuals—all available at Amazon.com.

As chief investment officer, Jack Ablin is the leader of Cresset Capital's investment strategy and provides investment policy and philosophy guidelines to the firm's advisor teams and clients. He has been named RIA Intels "CIO of the Year" for 2022. He joined the organization in 2018 and has three decades of experience in money management. Mr. Ablin was formerly the CIO with BMO Harris Bank. He is the author of Reading Minds and Markets: Minimizing Risk and Maximizing Returns in a Volatile Global Marketplace, which was on The Wall Street Journal's 2009 best-seller list. Mr. Ablin is a frequent contributor to CNBC, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, and Barron's. He was named in CityWealth Magazine's Leaders List in 2006, 2010-2023 and was also a finalist in the 2020 Family Wealth Report Awards in the category of "Outstanding Contribution to Wealth Management Thought Leadership".

John Buckingham joined AFAM Capital in 1987 and Kovitz in 2018, as part of the Kovitz acquisition of AFAM. He has more than 30 years of investment management experience and serves as editor of The Prudent Speculator, which has been a trusted newsletter for over 40 years. Mr. Buckingham chairs the AFAM Investment Committee, leading a team that performs comprehensive investment research and financial market analysis. He has been featured in Barron's, The Wall Street Journal, and Forbes, and frequently contributes to CNBC, Bloomberg, and Fox Business News. Mr. Buckingham is a recognized industry contributor who regularly speaks at prominent industry seminars and events.