14 Facts About Dave Ramsey

Dave Ramsey is the founder and CEO of Ramsey Solutions and a co-host of The Ramsey Show, a nationally syndicated radio program.

Dave Ramsey has authored multiple books on personal finance and business, including The Total Money Makeover, a New York Times bestseller.

Dave Ramsey was born on September 3,1960, in Maryville, Tennessee, to parents who worked in the real estate industry.

Dave Ramsey was raised in the Antioch neighborhood of Nashville and graduated from Antioch High School.

At age 18, Dave Ramsey took the real estate exam and began buying and selling property while attending the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and real estate.

Dave Ramsey wrote and self-published his first book, Financial Peace, in 1992.

In 1994, Dave Ramsey introduced Financial Peace University, his nine-lesson course on personal finance.

Dave Ramsey corrected the situation by offering to pay Gannett their money back.

In October of 2007, Ramsey took his radio show to television with The Dave Ramsey Show on Fox Business, which aired until 2010.

In 2014, The Daily Beast reported Dave Ramsey had criticized former employees for discussing company culture on social media.

The Dave Ramsey Show was renamed The Ramsey Show in 2020 to better incorporate the show's new full-time co-hosts, and to position the brand for long-term continuity beyond Ramsey's personal involvement.

Dave Ramsey was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2015.

Dave Ramsey is an evangelical Christian and described himself as fiscally and socially conservative.

Dave Ramsey has blamed politics for what he considers Americans' economic dependence, and has said presidents should do "as little as possible" about the economy.