E.L. Kersten is the co-founder of Despair Inc., a publishing and media enterprise dedicated to the dissemination of contrarian wisdom. He holds a Ph.D in Organizational Communication from the University of Southern California and is the author of several of the company's popular Demotivators products. He has been quoted by, appeared in on, or written about Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, NPR's Marketplace, Harvard Business Review, Washington Post, Business Week, Time and many other outlets. He is married and lives in Texas.