Bio

Since 1981, Profit & Wealth Guru Ruth King has given business owners the tools/processes to get and stay profitable and build wealth.

Ruth has been instrumental in helping business owners understand and profitably use the information generated from the financial segment of their businesses. She has a knack for helping business owners truly understand financials.

She is especially proud of two partners who bought their business from their former boss when it was about $750,000 in revenues. With Ruth’s help, the business grew to about $10 million in revenues and the company was sold for $9 million in cash.

Ruth holds an MBA in Finance from Georgia State University and Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Chemical Engineering from Tufts University and the University of Pennsylvania.
Ruth hosts the popular podcast, Contractor Cents as well as a weekly ezine.

Her latest book, 101 Dumb Financial Mistakes Business Owners Make and How to Avoid Them was published in September, 2023. Her books, The Ugly Truth about Cash and The Courage to be Profitable (#1 best seller), joined Stephen Covey, Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie and 33 other esteemed authors in the top 37 books start up businesses (and other business owners) should read. These books are preceded by three other award-winning books, Profit or Wealth?, The Ugly Truth about Small Business, and The Ugly Truth about Managing People.

She contributes a monthly financial column to HVACR Business as well as columns Today’s AC, and many other regional publications. Ruth is a monthly contributor to the nationally syndicated radio show, The Price of Business. She has also been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal Radio Network, the Big Biz Show, and many regional and local radio programs.