Author Bio

Meet Jody Tallal: The Financial Coach Behind 

Billionaire Cab Driver

Joseph “Jody” Tallal, Jr. is a man of many talents and interests. A personal financial manager to wealthy professionals, Tallal became one of the first fee-only advisors in the 1970s. His success led to developing a course to train medical professionals at Baylor Medical School, University of Tennessee Health Sciences, and Tulane Medical School on how to manage their money. 

Mr. Tallal is the author of three books, and numerous articles which have been published in major periodicals, including Barron’s, Southern Banker, Financial Services Times, American Banker, Inc. Magazine, and The Magazine, the official inflight magazine of Southwest Airlines. Mr. Tallal is also the author of the Nightingale Conant audio/video program, Building Personal Wealth, has been interviewed on numerous radio and television shows and hosted his own financial planning radio talk show. 

A nationally acclaimed personal financial manager, Mr. Tallal has been an advisor to wealthy individuals for more than a third of a century. He has been named an Honorary Citizen by several city mayors nationwide, and has also received the President’s Medal of Merit from former president Ronald Reagan. In 1981, he served on the Chairman’s Committee of the United States Senatorial Business Advisory Board.