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JOHN NELSON
RETIREMENT STRATEGIST AND AUTHOR
John Nelson is the co-author of What Color Is Your Parachute? FOR RETIREMENT, a companion to the world’s best-selling career manual, and the new essential resource for retirement planning. More than a financial guide, it’s the first book to truly integrate leading edge research from economics, psychology and medicine. Parachute for Retirement provides a map for the journey, whether people are in the early, mid or late stages of their career.
John is a leading strategist for “The New Retirement.” Building on twenty years of experience as a retirement plan consultant and educator, he’s currently earning a PhD at the University of Wisconsin, and is a Fellow of the California Institute of Finance. John is creator of the Retirement Well-Being model, a breakthrough approach being used by high-level government, non-profit and corporate organizations.
In his presentations, John brings research to life, and makes theory relevant to the real world. He inspires people to create a vision of their ideal retirement, and then provides practical tools for taking action. John and his work have appeared in the USA Today, the New York Times, Business Week, Dow Jones’ Marketwatch, Financial Advisor magazine, the CFP Board Newsletter, and other publications. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin with his wife and three teenage sons.
John is available to speak on any subject from Parachute for Retirement, including:
-The Five Financial Pillars of the New Retirement -Discover Your Retirement Strengths– and Use Them at Work Now -How to Spot Retirement Hogwash -Building “Health Capital” as a Resource for Retirement
Contact us today to learn more about bringing John Nelson to your next meeting.
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JOHN’S INFO
PROGRAMS/TOPICS
- The Five Financial Pillars of the New Retirement
- Discover Your Retirement Strengths– and Use Them at Work Now
- How to Spot Retirement Hogwash
- Building “Health Capital” as a Resource for Retirement

