Michael Kitces

Michael Kitces is an American financial planner, commentator, speaker, blogger, and educator. He frequently contributes to industry publications, publishes a blog and newsletter for advisors, is the former practitioner editor of the Journal of Financial Planning, the co-founder of the XY Planning Network (4 times on the Inc. 5000 list at #168 [2018], #553 [2019], #1130 [2020], and #1179 [2021]) and AdvicePay, and is the Head of Planning Strategy at Buckingham Wealth Partners, a financial advisory firm. He has also been repeatedly featured (from 2017 to 2022) as #1 on Investopedia's "most influential" advisors list.