Maddy Dychtwald

Maddy Dychtwald is an internationally acclaimed author, public speaker, and thought leader on longevity, aging, the new retirement, and the ascent of women. She co-founded Age Wave, the world's leader in understanding and addressing the far-reaching impacts of our aging population, and has led numerous acclaimed studies on women and money. In addition, she has been involved in more than 25 thought leadership research studies worldwide on aging, longevity, retirement, health, family, caregiving, housing, and leisure, which have cumulatively garnered more than 14 billion media impressions. Maddy has been featured in Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, Newsweek, Time, Fox Business News, CNBC, and NPR, and others. She has written many blog posts for the Wall Street Journal, and Huffington Post. Maddy is the author of three previous books: Influence: How Women's Soaring Economic Power Will Transform Our World for the Better, Gideon’s Dream: A Tale of New Beginnings (a children’s book) and Cycles: How We Will Live, Work, and Buy. She lives in San Francisco with her family. Her new book Ageless Aging: A Woman’s Guide to Increasing Healthspan, Brainspan, and Lifespan comes out on May 14th.