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Mr. Town began investing in 1981 with $1000 following a one-year apprenticeship to a value investor in San Diego, CA. In 1999, Mr. Town was asked to speak about his success as a private investor and this speech became the basis for his first New York Times #1 best-selling book, Rule #1, now published world-wide in 18 languages. In 2009 he taught the first workshop on Rule #1 investing strategy in Singapore to 300 students. He has been on stage in front of over two million people speaking about Rule #1 investing strategy and has led nearly one hundred 3-day workshops. Mr. Town published two other best- selling books on Rule #1 strategy, Payback Time and Invested, and is seen regularly on CNBC and MSNBC. In addition, he and his daughter, Danielle, have a successful weekly podcast, InvestED, that is downloaded over 100,000 times per month. He and his wife, Melissa, own Rule One Investing, LLC, a company that has certified over 200 coaches to educate students in the Rule #1 strategy and which teaches over 10,000 students per year.

Phil Town is the managing partner of Rule One Partners, LLC, the Registered Investment Advisory firm that is the advisor to the Rule One Fund.

Mr. Town is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego, with a degree in Philosophy and was a First Lieutenant in the US Army with service in Latin America with 8th Special Forces Group and in Vietnam as a platoon leader. Following his service in the military and prior to becoming an investor, he worked as a river guide in the Grand Canyon for nine years. He now lives on a 380-acre horse farm with his wife and business partner Melissa Hyde-Town and together they have 4 grown children.