Dr Marc Faber was born in Zurich, Switzerland, where he obtained a PhD in Economics at the age of 24. Dr Faber worked for White Weld & Company Limited in New York, Zurich and Hong Kong from 1970 to 1978, and was then Managing Director of Drexel Burnham Lambert (HK) Ltd. In June 1990, he set up his own investment advisory and fund management business. He publishes a monthly investment newsletter, "The Gloom Boom & Doom Report", and is author of Tomorrow's Gold (http://www.amazon.com/Tomorrows-Gold-Asias-Age-Discovery/dp/9628606778?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176643353&sr=1-1), one of the Seeking Alpha must-read investing books (http://seekingalpha.com/article/4068).