The Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presidential Library and Museum
present a Presidents Day Weekend
conversation and book signing
with Megan Gorman author of
ALL THE PRESIDENTS' MONEY:
HOW THE MEN WHO GOVERNED
AMERICA GOVERNED THEIR MONEY
Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 1PM
In-person: Wallace Center at the
FDR Presidential Library and Home
Online: Streamed live
to the official FDR Library
YouTube and Facebook accounts
HYDE PARK, NY -- The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum presents a Presidents Day Weekend conversation and book signing with Megan Gorman author of ALL THE PRESIDENTS' MONEY: HOW THE MEN WHO GOVERNED AMERICA GOVERNED THEIR MONEY, at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 15, 2025. The event will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home and streamed live to the official FDR Library YouTube and Facebook accounts. This is a free public event, but registration is required to attend in-person. CLICK HERE to register.
Synopsis:
Was Harry Truman really our poorest president or simply a man up at 2:00 a.m. struggling with financial anxiety? Did Calvin Coolidge get bad advice from his stockbroker to buy stocks in 1930 as the market continued to crash? Is it true George Washington enhanced his net worth by marrying up?
We often think of the US presidents as being above the fray. But the truth is, the presidents are just like us -- worried about money, trying to keep a budget, and chasing the American financial dream. While some presidents like Herbert Hoover and Gerald Ford became wildly successful with money, others like Thomas Jefferson and Joe Biden struggled to sustain their lifestyle. The ability to win the presidency is no guarantee of financial security, although today it’s a much easier path to monetize.
In ALL THE PRESIDENTS' MONEY, tax attorney and wealth manager Megan Gorman takes us on a journey to understand the different personal money stories of the presidents. Grit, education, and risk are just some of the different ways that the presidents over the last 250 years have made (or lost) money.
Megan Gorman is the founder and managing partner of Chequers Financial Management, a female-owned high-net-worth tax and financial planning firm in San Francisco, California. Megan’s clientele ranges from entrepreneurs to corporate executives to inheritors of family wealth. She spent the first twelve years of her career as a Vice President at Ayco, A Goldman Sachs Company, and was also a Vice President at BNY Mellon Wealth Management. A senior contributor at Forbes, writing on personal finance and income tax, she is frequently quoted across prominent financial media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, CNBC, and US News. Megan is currently serving on the Board of Trustees for the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) and chairs the Investment Committee. She has a BA in History from Bryn Mawr College and a JD from Rutgers School of Law.
Please contact Cliff Laube at (845) 486-7745 with questions about the event.
