Robert Pagliarini is the author of the #1 Bestselling personal finance book, The Six-Day Financial Makeover: Transform Your Financial Life in Less Than a Week! He is a Certified Financial Planner professional-the most recognized and respected financial planning credential throughout the world. In addition, he earned his Master's Degree in Financial Services (MSFS)-an advanced financial planning business degree obtained by less than 5,000 professionals. He earned his Master's from the American College-an institution established in 1927 on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. In addition, he graduated from UCLA's three-year personal financial planning program, earning the distinguished Personal Financial Planner award.

Pagliarini has vast public speaking experience and has been called upon by top financial publications for his insight. He has been interviewed by Good Morning America, 20/20, ABC Morning News, CNN, CNN Financial, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Money Magazine, Dow Jones Newswire, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, Bloomberg Wealth Management, mPower Café, Bankrate.com, Business 2.0, Investment News, the Daily Deal, Worth Robb Report, TheStreet.com, The Los Angeles Business Journal, and many others. He has been a featured guest on National Public Radio's financial program MarketPlace several times and on hundreds of other radio programs across the country. 

Pagliarini is President and owner of Pacifica Wealth Advisors, Inc., a boutique wealth management firm located in Southern California, which was recently ranked #4 in Los Angeles and Orange County. He has advised a wide range of clients over the years, from stay-at-home moms, to schoolteachers, lawyers, widows, self-made millionaires, business owners, entrepreneurs, and doctors, and he specializes in serving "sudden money" recipients. His advice has benefited men and women of all ages from across the country. Pagliarini relies on his financial education and experience, as well as on his degree in psychology and background as a counselor, to provide his clients with comprehensive and personal wealth management solutions.

Pagliarini has served on the board of the Financial Planning Association of Los Angeles and as a deacon at Bel Air Presbyterian church. Today, he lives with his beautiful wife, Elizabeth, and their daughter Alexandra "Bean" in Orange County, California and attends Saddleback Church.