Janet Lowe’s career as a writer has included everything from freelance feature writer to travel writer, poet, reporter, editor, media spokesperson and author of 18 books and audiotapes.

The “Speaks” series --  small, carefully researched biographies of American leaders including Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Jack Welch, Ted Turner, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan and others -- are her best-known books. Among her full-length biographies is Damn Right: The Story of Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger.

Lowe is a leading authority on the value investing theory. Her books on that subject include Benjamin Graham on Value Investing, Value Investing Made Easy and others.

Her books have been reviewed by U.S.A. Today, Newsweek, Barron’s, and dozens of other national publications. She has been a guest on Jim Lehrer’s News Hour, the PBS Nightly Business Report, CNN, CNBC and many national and local televisions shows.

Lowe’s freelance articles have been published in more than 100 publications including Newsweek, the Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, the San Jose Mercury News, San Diego Union-Tribune, Modern Maturity, Planning Magazine and others.

A popular public speaker, Janet has addressed investment seminars in the U.S., Canada and Great Britain. She has appeared before audiences at the University of Nebraska and University of Nevada at Las Vegas Business Schools. She has been a guest speaker at the New York City Financial Analyst’s Society and has been asked to speak to private companies such as Brandes Investment Partners in Del Mar, California.

Janet Lowe grew up in California and Nevada, attended Las Vegas High School and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Economics from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. She earned her Master’s Degree in Mass Communications from San Diego State University. She completed a Wharton Business School fellowship and has a life-time teaching certificate in California.

The San Diego YWCA honored Lowe as a Woman of Achievement in 1981. She is past president of both the San Diego County Press Club and Society of Professional Journalists. She was named San Diego Press Club’s Journalist of the Year in 2000.