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Brothers David Gardner and Tom Gardner cofounded The Motley Fool, a multimedia financial education company, in 1993. They have coauthored five New York Times bestsellers, including The Motley Fool Million Dollar Portfolio, The Motley Fool Investment Guide, The Motley Fool You Have More than You Think, and The Motley Fool's Rule Breakers, Rule Makers. The Gardners also oversee the award-winning website Fool.com (with over four million unique visitors per month); a nationally syndicated newspaper column, carried by over 200 papers; and fourteen paid newsletters. They live in Washington, D.C. LouAnn Lofton has been with The Motley Fool since January 2000, first as a writer, and later as the Managing Editor for all of the Fool's online content. As a largely self-taught investor and a believer in taking the long-term view, her interests and portfolio lean towards owning stocks she can easily understand and then holding onto them for basically forever. She's also a Berkshire Hathaway "B" shares shareholder, and has no plans to sell that stock ever. (Mr. Buffett would be proud.) She lives happily in New Orleans, Louisiana. LouAnn Lofton has been with The Motley Fool since January 2000, first as a writer, and later as the Managing Editor for all of the Fool's online content. As a largely self-taught investor and a believer in taking the long-term view, her interests and portfolio lean towards owning stocks she can easily understand and then holding onto them for basically forever. She's also a Berkshire Hathaway "B" shares shareholder, and has no plans to sell that stock ever. (Mr. Buffett would be proud.) She lives happily in New Orleans, Louisiana