Contrary to popular belief, I do have a life. More particularly, I have a wife. And we have three kids. It would be a mistake to believe that work, writing, and markets are my whole life, because I love my wife and kids more than anything, and I see all of this as one integrated journey of joy.

Joleen and I have been married for over 22 years. We were introduced by a friend in early 2000, were engaged March 2001, and married in September of that year. Our honeymoon kicked off with the 9/11 attacks as we flew to Tahiti. She is my best friend and partner for life.

Our oldest son, Mitchell, is a freshman at Westmont College. He has been gainfully employed since he was about 14. Our daughter, Sadie, is a sophomore and is not a morning person. Our baby boy, Graham, is 13 now, so not a baby, and he is chatty.

We bounce around to various houses and locations and live an adventurous life. We get each other, love each other, and don’t ever plan to lose our “us against the world” persona. It has worked for us so far.

Full-time:
Work and the Meaning of Life
(2024)

Mis-Inflation: The Truth about Inflation, Pricing, and the Creation of Wealth
(2022)

There's No Free Lunch:
250 Economic Truths
(2021)

Elizabeth Warren:
How Her Presidency Would Destroy the Middle Class and the American Dream
(2020)

The Case for Dividend Growth:
Investing in a Post-Crisis World
(2019)

Crisis of Responsibility:
Our Cultural Addiction to Blame and How You Can Cure It
(2018)

David is a founding Trustee for Pacifica Christian High School of Orange County and serves on the Board of Directors for the National Review Institute in New York City. He is the Senior Fellow of Economics for the Center for Cultural Leadership and a long-time faculty member for the Acton Institute.

David is passionate about the integration of faith and economics and has lectured and written for years about a theology of wealth and the marketplace. He responds to the term “Kuyperian,” is bored to tears with most theological debates these days, and believes wealth advisory work is his calling, not his job.

His late father, Dr. Greg Bahnsen, was a renowned Christian apologist and is David’s personal hero and mentor.

David L. Bahnsen is the founder, Managing Partner, and Chief Investment Officer of The Bahnsen Group, a national private wealth management firm with offices in California, New York, Minnesota, Tennessee, the Pacific Northwest, and Texas, managing over $5.3 billion in client assets.

David is consistently named as one of the top financial advisors in America by Barron’s, Forbes, and the Financial Times. He is a frequent guest on Fox News, Fox Business, CNBC, and Bloomberg and is a regular contributor to National Review and World. He appears weekly on The World and Everything in It, discussing the economic news of the week.

David is a member of the National Association for Business Economics, the American Finance Association, and the Economic Club of New York.

The Spiritual Art of Business:
Connecting the Daily with the Divine
by Barry L. Rowan

The Ownership Dividend:
The Coming Paradigm Shift in the U.S. Stock Market
by Daniel Peris

Neo-Calvinism:
A Theological Introduction
by Cory Brock and Gray Sutanto