Carl Richards

Carl Richards is a keynote speaker, author, and visual artist who helps people talk about money in a radically human way.
For over a decade, Carl was the creator of the Sketch Guy column in The New York Times, where his hand-drawn sketches made financial complexity surprisingly simple—and deeply emotional. His work has been featured everywhere from NPR and Morningstar to Harvard Business Review, and his sketches have been shared millions of times and used by financial professionals around the world.
The New York Times once said, “No one gets money and emotion better than Carl Richards”.
With more than 25 years of experience in the financial world and hundreds of keynote presentations delivered globally, Carl is known for his rare ability to make audiences laugh, cry, and rethink their relationship with money—all in the same hour. His talks blend storytelling, vulnerability, and live sketching into an experience that’s both entertaining and transformative.
Carl’s goal isn’t to make you slightly better with money. It’s to completely change the way you see it—and to give you the tools to have conversations that actually matter.
He lives in Park City, Utah, with his wife Cori and their four kids, whom he considers his best friends.