Ken Dychtwald

Podium Intro

Dr. Ken Dychtwald is President and CEO of Age Wave LLC, a business development company focused on the opportunities created by the aging of America. Over the past twenty-five years, Dr. Dychtwald has emerged as the nation's foremost visionary and leading authority on the maturing market. He is a psychologist, gerontologist, and author of ten books, including his best seller Age Wave and his long-awaited new book, Age Power: How the 21st Century Will be Ruled by the New Old. His strikingly accurate predictions about the aging of America have been featured in many prestigious publications, including Fortune, Inc., Time, Business Week, The New York Times, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal. Dr. Dychtwald continues to educate America on a "new image of aging" through his lectures and seminars to business, industrial, and academic groups. Dr. Dychtwald appears frequently on television and radio shows nationwide has served as a special correspondent to CBS News and is a fellow of the World Economic Forum in Geneva Switzerland.

Based in Emeryville, California, Age Wave's client list includes Fortune 500 companies such as American Express, Coca-Cola, General Motors, PaineWeber, CBS, Johnson & Johnson, Kemper, Monsanto and Frito-Lay.

Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to introduce Dr. Ken Dychtwald