About Dave

Dave Levine is an entrepreneur, investor, and financial literacy educator.

After graduating from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 1990, Levine founded an e-commerce company in 1995 and launched an affiliate marketing program in 1996. He ran the company for 20 years.  Levine became interested in investing at age 12 during the 1979–1980 gold boom and has since invested through numerous market bubbles and crashes over nearly five decades.

In October 2025, Levine published his book Financial Literacy 101.  Inspired by his daughters, Levine wrote the book around a question he had been asking himself as a parent: What are the most important financial lessons he would want his children to understand as they grow up? 

His classroom experience includes more than 30 financial literacy sessions with high-school seniors at a Los Angeles public high school, as well as additional high-school classes and career events. He has also volunteered with Junior Achievement, working with younger students through its student budgeting program and career-day events. His other experience with younger students includes teaching financial literacy lessons to fourth- and fifth-grade students. After teaching weekly during the 2025–2026 school year, Levine was invited back for a second year, and teachers referred him to additional classrooms and events.

Levine earned the Certified Financial Education Instructor (CFEI®) designation from the National Financial Educators Council, completing training in financial education, instructional methods, classroom environment, and student engagement.

Levine is currently developing Financial Literacy 101 into a complete financial literacy curriculum for middle- and high-school classrooms. Each lesson includes assessments, an interactive slideshow, student worksheets, and hands-on projects.  

His classroom approach emphasizes interactive discussion, real-world examples, student decision-making, and hands-on activities designed to make financial concepts understandable, practical, and relevant to young people.