Phil Town is the classic Everyman, and one whose  resources were more limited than most. An average student, he completed college on his 4th attempt. Phil Town spent four years in the Army, two of them as a trained Green Beret. He returned from the Vietnam War and found a job in the Midwest as a river tour guide.

In the early ‘80s, Town’s life changed for the better. He was guiding trustees from the educational program Outward Bound down a dangerous rapid on the Grand Canyon’s Colorado River, when his split-second decisions saved a boatload of people from a whitewater disaster. A grateful and financially astute client returned the favor by guiding Phil Town into serious, successful investing using the first rule of investing as ascribed to by Warren Buffett: Don’t lose money. Within five years, Town had built a borrowed $1,000 into $1 million. His fortunes improved radically, and rapidly, from then on.

Phil Town speaks on investing on the same stage as for Presidents Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton as part of the “Get Motivated” touring seminars. He speaks to more than 600,000 people annually about Rule #1 investing.

Phil Town lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

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