Carl Richards is a speaker, author and visual artist who helps people talk about money in a radically human way. For more than a decade, he created “The Sketch Guy” column for The New York Times, where his simple, hand-drawn sketches made complex financial concepts clear and deeply personal. With over 25 years in finance, Richards brings humor, vulnerability, and live sketching to transform how audiences think and feel about money, and to empower conversations around money that truly matter.