Meet Michael Hewitt, founder and editor-in-chief of Investing and Retirement. 10+ years covering banking, investing, and personal finance.
Michael Hewitt is the founder and editor-in-chief of Investing and Retirement. He has spent more than a decade writing about consumer banking, brokerage platforms, retirement accounts, and personal-finance tools, and he sets the editorial direction and scoring methodology for every product category on the site. His background is in independent editorial publishing — the business model only works if readers trust the rankings, and that trust is the only lever worth pulling.
Michael personally reviews every published rubric, signs off on ratings before they go live, and handles reader corrections submitted through the contact page. He also writes the weekly newsletter, hosts our quarterly methodology updates, and represents the site in press inquiries and industry coverage.
Readers can email Michael directly through the contact page with questions, corrections, or review requests. Press inquiries and partnership questions go through the same channel. He reads every message; responses typically go out within one to three business days.