Motley Fool Overview

Become a professional Fool! Seriously.

"To Educate, Amuse & Enrich." That's our global mission, carried out through our award-winning website, best selling books, syndicated newspaper column, and a continuously growing series of market-beating subscription newsletters. We communicate common-sense money management skills and superior investment ideas in plain English.

Fools get respect and flexibility

We spend our days puncturing pretensions. So it follows that our Alexandria, Virginia HQ is an unpretentious place to work. No suits. No neckties. No pantyhose. No problem if you want to puzzle out a dilemma playing pool, ping-pong, or Ms. Pac-Man. (The game room is always open.) Take the time to shop online or set your fantasy line up, just do your job and do it well. We trust you.

Work and have a life too...

Stop trying to figure out the optimal way to spend that 1.69 weeks per year vacation time. The Fool's vacation policy is simpler than that: Do an amazing job and take the time you need.

Skip the Beltway traffic and ride the Metro. Our Fool Headquarters is just a few steps from the King Street Metro on the yellow and blue lines. Ride the Metro and we'll help you pay for it.

Can't give up your wheels? Keep a roof over your car's head in our parking garage. The Fool offers FREE parking for full-time employees.

Your Career at the Fool

To wear the title of Fool proudly (as we do), you need brains, talent, integrity, passion, stamina, and what we call "sauce."

Our name comes from Act II, Scene vii, of Shakespeare's As You Like It. In Elizabethan drama, only Fools could speak the truth to the king without losing their heads. David and Tom Gardner founded The Motley Fool, Inc. in 1993 to help people make better financial decisions by exposing the shams behind the conventional Wall Street "kings."

Your voice

There's a definite Motley Fool voice, plainspoken and irreverent. But there's never one indivisible Motley Fool opinion. Individual responsibility is at the heart of our culture here at the Fool. Use your own judgment and bounce your ideas around with other Fools. Superior investment ideas can come from anywhere, so your ability to listen and synthesize is as important as your ability to create.

Turf wars are rare at The Motley Fool. Maybe because our turf is wide open. There is no visible pecking order. Nobody fights for the corner office. (There are no corner offices.)

Location, location, motivation

The Motley Fool HQ is located in historic Old Town Alexandria, Virginia across from the King Street Metro station. Walk to swell restaurants. Bike the historic tow path along the Potomac. Go sailing after work. Grab the Metro to anywhere you like.

Working at the Fool will be the best job you'll ever have: flexible work schedule, competitive salary, great benefits, and one of the best working environments you'll find anywhere.

Business is thriving, growing, and evolving, so you'll meet new challenges every day. If you want to spend your career making the world a better place and contributing to a revolution in investment, The Motley Fool may be the place for you.

Our Purpose

• To educate, amuse & enrich.

Our Core Values

Be Foolish!

• Collaborate - Do great things together.
• Innovate - Search for a better solution. Then top it!
• Fun - Revel in your work.
• Honest - Make us proud.
• Competitve - Play fair, play hard, play to win.
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