Ric Edelman founded the nation’s largest financial planning firm, as well as the Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals and an Alzheimer’s research company focused on diagnostics. He and his wife Jean are benefactors of the Jean and Ric Edelman Fossil Park and Museum of Rowan University, a unique site that allows visitors to dig for fossils and take home whatever they find. EFM was named by Smithsonian magazine as one of the five most anticipated museum openings in the world in 2024.