Alvin Hall is an internationally renowned financial educator, television and radio broadcaster, bestselling author, and regular contributor to magazines, newspapers, and websites.
For five years on the BBC, he hosted the award-winning series YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE, offering practical financial and psychological advice to help people take control of their finances. His radio program JAY-Z: FROM BROOKLYN TO THE BOARDROOM won the Wincott Foundation Press and Broadcasting Award for Best Radio Program in 2006. Hall has also hosted programs on current events and contemporary art for BBC Radio 4, including AFTER KATRINA and, most recently, ALVIN HALL’S GENERATIONS OF MONEY. His television series ALVIN’S GUIDE TO GOOD BUSINESS aired internationally on BBC World News in 2010. In the United States, he has been a regular contributor on personal finance and the economy for NPR’s TELL ME MORE with Michel Martin.
Hall is the author of numerous bestselling books, including YOU AND YOUR MONEY: IT’S MORE THAN JUST THE NUMBERS, YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE (winner of the WHSmith 2003 People’s Choice Award), WHAT NOT TO SPEND, GETTING STARTED IN MUTUAL FUNDS, and GETTING STARTED IN STOCKS. His children’s book SHOW ME THE MONEY has been published in more than 20 languages and was named a Best Children’s Book of the Year by the Bank Street College of Education and a Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People.
Hall lives in New York City, where he designs and teaches courses on investment markets for financial services companies, banks, regulatory authorities, and technology firms. Through his acclaimed teaching and speaking engagements, he has helped thousands of people better understand financial markets, investment strategies, debt reduction, retirement planning, and personal financial management. He serves on the NYSE Euronext Financial Literacy Advisory Committee and the Acquisitions Committee of the Studio Museum in Harlem.