Anthony Mickle

Von is the founder and president of The Investment Forum. He is a graduate of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina where he studied Modern Languages (French) and Business Administration. Upon graduation, he declined a military career and continued his studies at the Harvard University Ukrainian Research Institute while fulfilling his military obligation with the Army Infantry. He earned an MBA from Keller Graduate School and a Doctorate in International Business. He has a certificate in Financial Planning from Georgetown University, Private Equity and Venture Capital -Asia from Harvard Business School and School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University (TSEM) and artificial intelligence from M.I.T. CSAIL.

He began The Investment Forum in 2004 as a way of bridging the gap between the "haves", "have nots" and the "have mores". After a decade of earning a nice salary as an information technology professional and CEO aspirant, he realized he would have to spend substantially more time and no guarantee that he would ever reach the level of success he was destined for under the umbrella of large corporate organizations. While following his passion for investments, he became acutely aware that many people were admirable of the success he'd achieved through his part-time investments. He vowed since they were willing to listen, he was willing to tell everything he knew - the good, the bad and the ugly.

He realized that many people, highly educated included, shared similar interests in living a life more abundantly but too many simply had no idea how to go about doing it outside of socking money away in their 401Ks and saving a few pennies here and there in hopes that once their kids were grown and gone perhaps they could have their day. Von is very much a student of wealth and aggressively yearns for knowledge, but most importantly the opportunity to share it. Through his creative, humorous style, he has had tremendous success hosting The Investment Forum. Currently, he serves as an advisory board member to The Baker Business School at The Citadel.

He is the author of the multi-award winning book Real Estate for Real People: A Guide to Achieving Profitability in Residential Real Estate Investing, Slide 68: 86 Your Current Life and Pursue the Lifestyle You've Been Dreaming of and How I Went From the Mobile Home to Where Moguls Roam: A Transformative Guide to Creating a Legendary Lifestyle.