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What We Do
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The Motley Fool Holdings, Inc. Board of Directors
Tom Gardner
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Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Chairman
Marthe LaRosiliere
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General Counsel
David Gardner
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Co-Founder, Chief Rule Breaker, and Co-Chairman, Chairman of The Motley Fool Foundation
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Meet the Australian Team
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General Manager, Motley Fool Australia
Scott Phillips
Chief Investment Officer
Ryan Newman
Director of Research
Edward Vesely
Lead Advisor and Equity Analyst
Trevor Muchedzi
Equity Research Analyst
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Portfolio Manager
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Equity Research Analyst
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Equity Research Analyst
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The Motley Fool's Investing Philosophy
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#1: Buy 25+ Companies
#2: Hold Stocks for 5+ Years
#3: Add Savings Regularly
#4: Hold Through Volatility
#5: Let Winners Run
#6: Target Long-Term Returns
Our Foolish History
The Motley Fool was founded in 1993 by brothers Tom and David Gardner as a traditional print newsletter in a backyard shed in Alexandria, Virginia. In 1994, an April Fool's joke designed to teach an investing lesson put The Motley Fool on the map. Since those humble beginnings, Tom and David, and the community of Fools they've gathered, have been leading the charge for individual investors around the globe.
The Motley Fool Australia, headquartered in the Gold Coast, Queensland, was launched in Australia in 2011. Since then, we have grown to serve tens of thousands of Fools across the country, while our free articles on Fool.com.au are read by hundreds of thousands of readers monthly. You may have even already "met" our Chief Investment Officer, Scott Phillips, through his frequent television appearances and articles in The Sydney Morning Herald, Money Magazine, Weekend Sunrise, Channel 9, and elsewhere.
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