Todd Buchholz

Todd Buchholz is an internationally acclaimed economist, hedge fund expert and bestselling author. Buchholz was the former director of economic policy in the White House of President George HW Bush and managing director of the legendary $15 billion Tiger hedge fund. Prior to joining Tiger, Buchholz was President of the G7 Group, Inc. The international consulting firm’s clientele included many of the top securities firms, investment banks and money managers in New York, London, and Tokyo.

Buchholz has contributed importantly to the discussion of economic issues through his article writing, television activities, and books. He has contributed commentaries on finance, trade, and history to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. He has also penned professional articles to the Brookings Institution’s Policy Matters, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and IMF Finance. Buchholz is a frequent commentator on ABC News, PBS, and CBS, and has hosted his own special on CNBC.

Buchholz’s books have been praised for their entertaining yet profound examination of economic and business challenges. He is the author of the bestsellers New Ideas from Dead Economists, New Ideas from Dead CEOs and The Price of Prosperity. His books have been translated into a dozen languages and are used in many universities, including Harvard, Duke, Princeton and Brigham Young.

As a leading expert on global economic trends, finance, and market volatility, Buchholz has predicted trends with astonishing accuracy. He has served as a consulting advisor to Microsoft, Allstate, Goldman Sachs, IBM, SAP and Toyota. Buchholz’s experienced perspective has also led him to present at the UK Parliament, the White House library, US Treasury, Abu Dhabi and Mexico City stock exchanges, and a nationwide address for the Korean Broadcasting System.

Buchholz holds advanced degrees in economics and law from Cambridge University and Harvard and several engineering and design patents. He was awarded the Allyn Young Teaching Prize by Harvard’s Department of Economics. As a fellow at Cambridge University in 2009, Buchholz presented a lecture series on macroeconomic policy.  He is currently a fellow at Yale University’s Branford College.

Buchholz is the inventor of the Math Arrow, a mathematical matrix that makes numbers more intuitive to children. He is the CEO of Sproglit, LLC, which develops software and classroom materials based on the Math Arrow. Martin Cooper, widely recognized as the inventor of the cellular phone, has called the Math Arrow “ingenious.” Buchholz is also co-producer of the Broadway hit Jersey Boys and co-author of the musical Glory Ride.