“Once the brokerage house, rather than the bank, became the locus for American savings, that money would find its way into the stock market, because the broker was someone with a much higher tolerance for risk than the banker.”

American writer, journalist, and biographer

Ron Chernow is an American writer, journalist, and biographer known for his bestselling historical nonfiction biographies. His work has helped bring major figures from history to a wide audience. He writes history in a narrative style that is meant to be readable as well as well researched. His books focus on lives and public legacies, and he is widely associated with long-form biography and historical interpretation.