Josh Brown

Josh Brown or Joshua Brown may refer to:

Josh Brown (American football)

Joshua Brown (born April 29, 1979) is an American football placekicker for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the seventh round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Nebraska.

Brown has also played for the St. Louis Rams, New York Jets and Cincinnati Bengals.

Early years

Brown was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He began his football career after his family moved from Tulsa when he was in eighth-grade and he subsequently attended Foyil High School. Brown then became a running back, safety, punter, placekicker, kickoff returner, and punt returner. He made a 61-yard field goal in the state playoffs in 1996. He also ran for 1,891 yards and scored 51 touchdowns that season and finished his Foyil High School career with 9,136 all-purpose yards and 122 scores.

He was a four-year letterman in both football and track & field and earned three basketball letters. A two-time Class A state champion in the high jump, he jumped 6;ft 8 in (2.03 m) to win the Oklahoma state title in the high jump in 1997 and 1998. He also qualified for the state finals in the 100 meter (10.74 s) and 200 meter dashes.

Joshua Brown

Joshua Morgan Brown is an American author, columnist, blogger, commentator on CNBC, and CEO of New York City-based Ritholtz Wealth Management, an independent investment advisory firm he founded with Barry Ritholtz. He is also a contributing columnist to Yahoo! Finance, Business Insider, and serves on the Board of Advisors for Brightscope and Upside."Downtown" Josh Brown was ranked the No. 1 financial Twitter follow by The Wall Street Journal in 2013.

Writing

Brown is the author of Backstage Wallstreet, published in 2012. His second book was released in 2014, "Clash Of The Financial Pundits" co-authored with CNBC and Yahoo! Finance commentator Jeff Macke. He is also the author of The Reformed Broker, a widely-read blog about "markets, politics, economics, media, culture and finance". The Reformed Broker blog celebrated its fifth anniversary on November 10, 2013.

Early life

Brown was educated at the University of Maryland, attaining his Series 7 license in 1997 while still in school.