Chris Leithner

Born at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Dr Chris Leithner is a First Class Honours graduate and University Scholar of McGill University (Montréal, Québec). He also holds Masters degrees from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario (where he was a Senator Frank Carroll Fellow) and The Australian National University in Canberra (which he attended as a Commonwealth Scholar for Canada). He was a David Livingston Fellow and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, Scotland).

After concluding an academic career, Chris founded Leithner & Co. in 1999. He is also the author of The Bourgeois Manifesto: The Robinson Crusoe Ethic Versus the Distemper of Our Times; The Evil Princes of Martin Place: The Reserve Bank of Australia, the Global Financial Crisis and the Threat to Australians' Liberty and Prosperity; and Intelligent Australian Investor: Timeless Principles and Fresh Applications.