George Mentz JD MBA, CWM - Global Speaker - is a celebrated author, professor, lawyer and founder of the CWM (TM) Chartered Wealth Manager Certification Program Globally. He is a recognized wealth management authority and the first person in the United States to be triple certified in financial planning and wealth consulting. Mentz holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence (JD) an MBA degree in international business, and an international law certificate qualification along with relevant government law licenses. Mentz’s renowned teachings and wealth technology have been used in the top banks, government employees, Fortune 500 companies, and financial institutions around the globe. Mentz is former Wall Street Wealth Manager, award winning professor, writer, commentator, researcher, and wealth journalist. Mentz has been seen on television and press as a pioneer in financial psychology, success, and wealth education. He is the author of "How to Master Abundance and Prosperity" and SWM "Spiritual Wealth Management" which are the first books to codify the science of wealth psychology. While in graduate school, Mentz was the Chairman of the Tax and Estate Planning Law Review and he is also a two-time national award winning professor . In recent years, Mentz has been named to the Brain Trust of Benzinga Financial Media, to the Dream Team of Advisor FYI (part of Summit Business Networks), and Mentz has even been an accepted expert in NASD Securities Arbitration. A frequent analyst quoted in press, television, and radio, Mentz is also a popular endorser and public presenter. Mentz has been a expert and keynote speaker in the USA, China, Arabia, Asia, Caribbean, and Latin America for Major Wealth Management Conferences, National Associations, Wall Street Firms, and with webcasts to hundreds of thousands of people. Mentz is the founded the GAFM Global Academy of Finance and Management (R) in 1995 which has over 50,000 members in over 150 countries. Since then, Mentz has consulted with the US government, UN, the China government, and the government of the United Arab Emirates (to name a few) to improve opportunities and education for professionals in finance, banking and wealth management. Mentz has served advisory boards for the World Ecommerce Forum in the UK & the Global Finance Forum on Switzerland. In his early career, Mentz, a political scientist, was a coalitions leader in Washington DC advising & writing on behalf of a former President.