Antreprenor de succes, investitor de tip angel, maestru de sah si scriitor prolific. S-a nascut la 22 ianuarie 1968, si a crescut in North Brunswick, New Jersey (SUA). Altucher a urmat cursurile liceului North Brunswick Township High School si a absolvit in 1986. Dupa inca trei ani, Altucher a absolvit Universitatea Cornell cu o diploma de licenta in informatica. El a infiintat si condus peste 20 de companii, iar in prezent are in portofoliul de investitii peste 30 de companii. Este autorul a 20 de carti, printre care best-seller-urile WSJ: Choose Yourself (2013, Alege-te pe tine insuti) si The Power of No (2014, Puterea lui nu).

Cea mai recenta carte a sa, Reinvent Yourself (2017), a fost numarul 1 in magazinul Amazon la scurt timp dupa lansare. Printre celelalte titlturi ale sale, mentionam: Trade Like a Hedge Fund: 20 Successful Uncorrelated Strategies and Techniques to Winning Profits (2004), Trade Like Warren Buffett (2005), SuperCash: The New Hedge Fund Capitalism (2006), The Forever Portfolio: How to Pick Stocks that You Can Hold for the Long Run (2008), The Altucher Confidential: Ideas for a World Out of Balance, a Round Table Comic, 40 Alternatives to College (2012), Make Millions, Live the Dream, The Choose Yourself Stories, The Rich Employee si The Choose Yourself Guide to Wealth.

Scrierile sale au aparut in principalele institutii media, printre care Wall Street Journal, The New York Observer, Techcrunch , The Financial Times, Yahoo Finance si altele. In anul 2010 si-a lansat blogul JamesAltucher.com, care a inceput prin detalierea caderii sale abrupsuperte de la bogatie si succes la fundul sacului si apoi la bogatie, a atras peste 10 milioane de cititori de la lansarea sa in 2010, iar in 2011 a inspirat o carte de benzi desenate.

De asemenea, Altucher este gazda unui podcast de succes, The James Altucher Show, cu invitati de calibrul lui Tony Robbins, Mark Cuban, Pieter Thiel, Arianna Huffington, Coolio. Podcasturile sale au avut peste 30 de milioane de descarcari. James Altcher este casatorit cu Robyn Samuels, care in anul 2015 a ramas vaduva. Din uniunea cu fostul ei sot, Robyn a ramas cu trei copii. Ea este matusa lui Florence Welch, solista trupei Florence and the Machine. James si Robyn au in total cinci copii intre ei si locuiesc in New York.

Lucrari: Trade Like a Hedge Fund: 20 Successful Uncorrelated Strategies and Techniques to Winning Profits (2004), Trade Like Warren Buffett (2005); SuperCash: The New Hedge Fund Capitalism (2006); The Forever Portfolio: How to Pick Stocks that You Can Hold for the Long Run (2008); The Altucher Confidential: Ideas for a World Out of Balance; a Round Table Comic; 40 Alternatives to College (2012); Choose Yourself (2013, Alege-te pe tine insuti); The Choose Yourself Stories (2014); The Power of No (2014, Puterea lui nu); The Rich Employee (2015); The Choose Yourself Guide to Wealth (2015); Reinvent Yourself (2017).