Brian O’Connell

Brian O’Connell,
Content Specialist

Brain O’Connell is a Doylestown, Pennsylvania-based freelance writer with 17 years experience covering business news and trends

Brain O’Connell is a Doylestown, Pennsylvania-based freelance writer with 17 years experience covering business news and trends, particularly in the financial, health and sciences, Internet and technology, political and career management sectors.

Brian’s work has been featured on:

  • MarketWatch
  • CBS News
  • U.S. News
  • TheStreet
  • Bloomberg
  • Wall Street Journal
  • Fox Business
  • Yahoo Finance
  • Business Insider
  • Investopedia
  • And others

As a former Wall Street bond trader, he has also authored 2 best-selling books:

  • The 401(K) Millionaire: How I Started with Nothing and Made a Million and You Can, Too (1999)
  • CNBC Creating Wealth: An Investor’s Guide to Decoding the Market (2001)

Mr. O’Connell has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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