Joshua Morgan Brown is an American author, columnist, blogger, commentator on CNBC, and CEO of New York City-based Ritholtz Wealth Management, an independent investment advisory firm he founded with Barry Ritholtz. He is also a contributing columnist to Yahoo! Finance, Business Insider, and serves on the board of advisors for Brightscope[1] and Upside.[2] "Downtown" Josh Brown was ranked the No. 1 financial Twitter follow by The Wall Street Journal in 2013.[3] Brown also co-hosts a weekly podcast with Michael Batnick entitled The Compound & Friends