Dave Ramsey quietly began shifting branding away from himself and more towards the Ramsey Solutions brand in recent years, but he says he doesn’t see any retirement in his immediate future.
During an appearance with The Iced Coffee Hour on YouTube, Ramsey was asked about any impending retirement plans. He said he had no idea of stepping away from his nationally syndicated radio program any time soon.
“I’m 63, I’ve been scaling back for a long time,” Dave Ramsey said. “Four years ago, I quit working on Fridays. Does that count? It’s a step in the right direction. We moved my son — 12 years he’s been working here, and the operating board moved him into the President’s role in January…he and I get to work together, so we’re having a blast working together.
“Some day, I’ll retire. But retirement for me, I’ll still do the show. As long as I make sense. If I quit making sense and I start hurting the brand, then we’ll have to take me off. Then I’ll become completely irrelevant and an angry boomer. I’m close now, maybe!,” he joked. “I’ll continue to speak as much as I can. I enjoy those things, so that will be my retirement.”
Dave Ramsey continued by noting that when he began approaching the age of 60, he recognized the importance of moving the brand to become more focused on Ramsey Solutions rather than just Dave Ramsey. He revealed that the company wanted to feature a 50/50 split in revenue between revenue tied him and then the rest of the company in 2022. However, in 2023, 78% of the company’s revenue came from “non-Dave” sources.
