John C. Bogle is the founder and retired chairman of the Vangaurd Group. Vangaurd provides low cost investing solutions for the individual investor which means minimizing costs and taxes. The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing is written by Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, and Michael LeBoeuf. They are the leaders of the Boglehead forums with over a century of investing experience and followers of the strategies that were laid out by John Bogle. Their top priorities in the book is teaching others how to get the best long-term return on your investments and spread the word about joining Boglehead investors online. There is no prior investing knowledge required to read this book. This is one of the first books I’ve read about investing and found it to be a solid and down to earth guide. I would not stop anyone from reading this book, I would even recommend it.