Joel Greenblatt is a renowned hedge fund manager, investor, and bestselling author. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. and M.B.A. In 1985, Greenblatt founded Gotham Capital, achieving impressive annualized returns of 50% before fees over a decade. He currently runs Gotham Asset Management with his partner Robert Goldstein.

Greenblatt is an adjunct professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business, where he has taught value investing for over 20 years. His investment expertise led him to write "You Can Be a Stock Market Genius," which reveals strategies for finding undervalued stocks and special situations in the market.

As a passionate advocate for education reform, Greenblatt co-founded the Success Academy Charter Schools in New York City. He also created the Value Investors Club, an exclusive online forum for investors to exchange ideas.