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by Maddy Dychtwald (Author), Kate Hanley (Author)
We are in the midst of a longevity revolution. And that is particularly true for women:
- Women can expect to live five years longer than men.
- A 50-year-old woman can expect to live another 35 years, on average.
- Women comprise 80% of centenarians, the fastest growing segment of the world's population.
Author Biography
Maddy Dychtwald is an internationally acclaimed author, public speaker, and thought leader on longevity, aging, the new retirement, and the ascent of women. She co-founded Age Wave, the world's leader in understanding and addressing the far-reaching impacts of our aging population, and has led numerous acclaimed studies on women and money. In addition, she has been involved in more than 25 thought leadership research studies worldwide on aging, longevity, retirement, health, family, caregiving, housing, and leisure, which have cumulatively garnered more than 14 billion media impressions. Maddy has been featured in Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, Newsweek, Time, Fox Business News, CNBC, and NPR, and others. She has written many blog posts for the Wall Street Journal, and Huffington Post. Maddy is the author of two previous books: Influence: How Women's Soaring Economic Power Will Transform Our World for the Better and Cycles: How We Will Live, Work, and Buy. She lives in San Francisco with her family.
