[1] Ford is the author of more than 2 dozen books and hundreds of essays on entrepreneurship, wealth-building, economics, and copywriting.
His books, Automatic Wealth and Ready, Fire, Aim, were recognized on the Wall Street Journal and New York Times Best Sellers lists.
[10][11] In 1962, at the age of 12, Ford launched his first business, a kitchen-table publishing company that produced and sold satirical pamphlets, titled as Excuses for the Amateur.
[13] He graduated from South Side High School in 1968 and earned his Bachelor of Arts from Queens College (CUNY) in 1973.
"[14] In 1976, Ford enlisted in the Peace Corps and spent two years in Africa teaching English literature and philosophy at the University of Chad in Ndjamena.
He executed a campaign to launch a new line of newsletter companies targeted to consumers, covering topics from health to travel to investing to astrology and gambling.
[15][16] In 1983 Ford wrote his first advertising campaign for an investment club called The Royal Society of Lichtenstein that covered wealth building, tax deferral strategies, and personal liberty.
Postal Inspection Service seized $6.6 million in bank accounts held by Ford and his partner, Joel Nadel, for allegedly violating civil mail-fraud and money-laundering statutes.