Morris Pearl, a former managing director of BlackRock, is board-chair of the Patriotic Millionaires, a group of high-net-worth Americans committed to making America better off by building a more prosperous, stable, and inclusive nation, and ensuring that millionaires, billionaires, and corporations pay their fair share of taxes and that every company pays a living wage to all of their workers. He is the co-author, with Erica Payne, of Tax the Rich! and co-author, with John Driscoll, of Pay the People! (both from The New Press) and lives in New York City.