John S Kiernan

John S Kiernan's Info

Experience:
John Kiernan is the Managing Editor at WalletHub. He oversees WalletHub’s content strategy and helps produce product reviews, educational guides, and other content to help answer people’s financial questions and help them save money.

John joined Evolution Finance (WalletHub’s parent company) as a writer in 2010, before WalletHub even existed. Since then, he’s helped build WalletHub from the ground up, becoming one of the most senior members of the team.

His previous work experience includes USA TODAY, US News and The Washington Post.

Education:
John graduated from the University of Maryland in 2010 with a BA in Journalism, a minor in Sport Commerce & Culture, and the University Honors Citation. While at Maryland, he wrote as a freelancer for several local publications and was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity.

Personal:
John is a Washington, D.C. native, whose parents were both also born and raised in the nation’s capital. He has an older brother, two older sisters and a younger sister (all of whom attended the University of Maryland, as well), along with two nephews and a niece.

He loves to go to the beach in New Jersey with his extended family, having grown up surfing there every summer. He also enjoys hanging out with his family’s dogs, playing golf, listening to hip-hop, and following the Washington Nationals.