Andrew Tobias
{{Short description|American writer (born 1947)}}
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|office = Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee
|term_start = January 23, 1999
|term_end = February 25, 2017
|predecessor = Carol Pensky
|successor = William Derrough
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Andrew Tobias (born April 20, 1947) is an American writer. He has written extensively about investment, as well as politics, insurance, and other topics.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/27/garden/at-home-with-andrew-tobias-always-playing-with-money.html?pagewanted=all |title=AT HOME WITH: Andrew Tobias; Always Playing With Money |author=Elisabeth Bumiller |author-link=Elisabeth Bumiller |date=November 27, 1997 |work=The New York Times }} He is also known for writing The Best Little Boy in the World, a 1973 memoir – originally pseudonymous – about life as a gay man. From 1999 until 2017, he was treasurer of the Democratic National Committee.
Education
Tobias graduated from Harvard College in 1968 with a BA in Slavic languages and literatures. In 1972, he obtained his Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.
Writing
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While in business school, he wrote for New York Magazine, and after graduation became a contributing editor.
In 1973, Tobias wrote The Best Little Boy in the World, an autobiography in which he spoke of his experiences as a gay boy and young man. He published it under the pen name "John Reid" to avoid the repercussions of being openly gay, though the book was republished in 1998 under his real name, to coincide with a sequel, The Best Little Boy in the World Grows Up.
Although he has never held a job in the investment industry, he has written extensively on the subject, including The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need, The Only Other Investment Guide You'll Ever Need, My Vast Fortune, Money Angles, The Invisible Bankers: Everything the Insurance Industry Never Wanted You to Know, and The Funny Money Game. He parlayed his writings and advice into success in the software industry with his Andrew Tobias's Managing Your Money financial application.
Tobias has written books on other topics, which include Fire and Ice: The Charles Revson/Revlon Story, Getting By on $100,000 a Year, a collection of magazine pieces; Auto Insurance Alert, a book proposing radical insurance reform; Kids Say Don't Smoke on the efforts of tobacco companies to sell cigarettes to younger consumers (which was also published in Russian).
After leaving New York Magazine in 1976, he was a contributing editor to Esquire, then Playboy, Time, and Parade.
Since 1996, he has posted a daily column at [http://www.Andrewtobias.com AndrewTobias.com].
Politics
In 1999, he became treasurer of the Democratic National Committee.{{Cite news |title=Party's treasurer wants his dollar |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/340734333/ |newspaper=The Dispatch |date=January 28, 1999 |agency=Associated Press |page=A2 |volume=121 |issue=180 |via=Newspapers.com}}
He spearheaded a ballot initiative to convert California's auto insurance system into a no-fault system which would be paid for through a gasoline surcharge instead of premiums. He wrote a book on the topic. He also funded a large part of the campaign himself.{{Citation needed|date=November 2013}}
Personal life
Tobias was the partner of fashion designer and Democratic political activist Charles Nolan, who died on January 30, 2011.{{cite news |title=Charles Nolan, Designer, Is Dead at 53 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/fashion/31nolan.html|work=The New York Times |date=January 30, 2011|accessdate=2011-01-21 }}{{cite news|last=Horwell|first=Veronica|title=Charles Nolan obituary: Designer best known for dressing women of the US Democratic party's political elite|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/feb/09/charles-nolan-obituary|accessdate=February 22, 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=February 9, 2011}}
Tobias was grand marshal of the 2005 New York City LGBT Pride parade.
He was president and CEO of Harvard Student Agencies in 1967–68 while residing in Winthrop House.
Tobias was interviewed in Jill Salvino's documentary film Between the Shades.
{{cite news
| author = TransFamily of NWPA
| date = July 2018
| title = TransFamily of NW PA Between the Shades Film Screening Pride Kickoff on June 29
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| work = Erie Gay News
| access-date = 2023-07-24
{{cite news
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| first = Tara
| date = Apr 23, 2019
| title = How Gay Are You?
| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/23/well/live/how-gay-are-you.html
| work = New York Times
| access-date = 2023-07-24
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Awards
- 1984 Gerald Loeb Award for Magazines for a series on personal finance in Playboy.{{Cite news |url=https://newspapers.com/image/390996145/?terms=Loeb%2BAwards |title=Times writers Delugach, Soble get Loeb Award |date=April 3, 1984 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=February 15, 2019 |issue=122 |volume=CIII |page=2 Part IV |via=Newspapers.com}}
- 1993 Consumer Federation of America Media Service award
- 1997 GLSEN Valedictorian award
- 1998 Harvard Magazine Smith-Weld prize{{Cite web |date=January 1, 1999 |title=Editor's Letter |url=https://www.harvardmagazine.com/sites/default/files/html/1999/01/edletter.html |archive-url= |archive-date= |website=Harvard Magazine}}
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050207005733/http://www.newsmeat.com/media_political_donations/Andrew_Tobias.php Andrew Tobias' political donations]
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Category:Harvard College alumni
Category:American finance and investment writers
Category:American male journalists
Category:Journalists from New York City
Category:Horace Mann School alumni
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Category:Harvard Business School alumni
Category:Gerald Loeb Award winners for Magazines