Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA founded GRIT, a financial media company with one of the top financial newsletters on Beehiiv (with a quarter of a million subscribers), before returning to LDIC, a wealth management firm with hundreds of millions under management as CEO and Portfolio Manager. She regularly appears on TV including on FOX and Bloomberg/BNN. Genevieve resides in Toronto, Ontario and is a member of YPO. The Gritty Investor is her first book.

Michael B. Decter is a Harvard-trained economist, co-founder of LDIC Inc, and partner at KPMG. He formerly served as Cabinet Secretary and Deputy Minister of Health in two Canadian provincial governments and as university chancellor. He is the recipient of both the Queen's Jubilee Medal and The Order of Canada. Michael currently serves as the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at LDIC. He resides in Toronto, Ontario.