Edward E. Felder, Jr, is a serial real estate investor, financier and a firm believer of “Have Faith in Your Faith and Doubt Your Doubts.”

Raised in the South Bronx, he cut his teeth as a lending executive at some of the most prestigious banks in the nation. Frustrated with the increasing loan denials to gifted entrepreneurs, Edward went rogue!  He birth, The Funding Guy, Inc. a cutting-edge lending firm that caters to emerging entrepreneurs.

Since the firm’s inception in 1999, over one billion dollars have successfully been allocated to small retailers, emerging restaurateurs, hoteliers, and apartment developers.

When asked why he rises daily at 4:00 a.m., Felder replied, “the fear of not reaching that one developer, one aspiring entrepreneur, one real estate investor before they give up on their dream.”

When he’s not doting on his “beloved Knicks” the 5 time best-selling author, whose moniker is The Funding Guy – Your Robin Hood of Banking, can be found dashing across the country highlighting “Buy Back The Neighborhood ™ ” his national initiative to rebirth, rebuild and refinance the Urban Corridor.

Edward’s burning desire is to birth 5 million financially astute entrepreneurs, who think big, and grow rich.

If you haven’t caught his witty, inspired messages on media platforms such as CBS Radio, ABC Radio, or profiles in Black Enterprise Magazine, and you’re dying to escape mediocrity, you’re cordially invited to join him and a battalion of thriving entrepreneurs in the all new The Funding Guy Community Forum!