David Gardner (The Motley Fool)

He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on a Morehead Scholarship, graduating in 1988.^[1] He also attended the Saint Albans School, Washington, D.C., before going on to St. Mark's School in Southboro, Massachusetts, and graduated from there.^{[citation needed]}

He was a writer for Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street newsletter before joining the Motley Fool.^[2] David is the lead advisor on The Motley Fool Rule Breakers advisory service, and co-lead with his brother Tom on The Motley Fool Stock Advisor, the company's flagship subscription offering. His investment philosophy favors passive long-term holding of dynamic growth stocks.^[3]

He is also the inventor of Motley Fool CAPS, a site that features the community intelligence of 75,000+ ranked stock pickers drawn mainly from The Motley Fool Community.^{[citation needed]}