Harry Browne is a financial advisor, the author of ten books, a newsletter writer, and a public speaker.
He was born in New York City in 1933 and grew up in Los Angeles. He graduated from high school, but attended college for only two weeks. Thereafter, he educated himself in economics, finance, music, and political science. He has lived in Vancouver, Canada; Zurich, Switzerland; and Northern California. He now resides in Tennessee.
He was unknown to the investment world when his first book, How You Can Profit from the Coming Devaluation, was published in 1970. The book warned that the dollar would be devalued; inflation would become severe; and gold, silver, and foreign currencies would skyrocket in value. The book's message clashed with the prevailing wisdom, but it was in tune with the concerns of hundreds of thousands of Americans, and the book made the New York Times best-seller list. His warnings proved to be well-founded when the dollar was devalued twice and the recommended investments rose many times over.
His 1974 book, You Can Profit from a Monetary Crisis, was a greater success yet -- staying on the New York Times best-seller list for 39 weeks and reaching #1. Its message amplified the themes in his 1970 book, and allowed thousands of investors to profit from the turmoil of the late 1970s. He followed this book with six more big-selling investment books -- including another Times best-seller.
Meanwhile, in 1973, he had published How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World. The book describes an individualist way of life, and continues to be in demand today.
In all, his first nine books sold over two million copies.
Since 1974, he has been writing Harry Browne's Special Reports, a newsletter providing opinions on the economy, politics, and investments. He is widely respected for his honest, down-to-earth investment advice.
Over the years he has become one of America's better-known investment advisors. He has been a popular public speaker since the early 1960s. He has made appearances on the Today show, Wall $treet Week, the Cable News Network (CNN), the Larry King show, the Financial News Network (FNN) and other national and local radio & TV shows.
Since 1985 he has been married to the former Pamela Lanier Wolfe. He has a grown daughter, Autumn Browne Wilson. His main non-professional interests are classical music, opera, good food and wine, sports, drama, old movies, and fiction.