To my dad, who provided much of my foundational knowledge of investing, allowed me to write about his journey, and always was at the other end of the line when I need guidance in my financial (and regular) life.
This book was written and edited while I was also planning my wedding, so a huge thank-you goes to my mom, who stepped in and took over so much of the wedding planning in order to allow me to focus on my career. Plus, she helped raise me to be a strong woman who understands the importance of investing and building wealth.
Cailin, for always being excited, supportive, and loving. But more so for being an amazing example of what you can achieve when you invest in yourself.
Peach, my husband,* who handles so much of our day-to-day lives when I’m in writing or promotion mode and who provides untold amounts of emotional support.
All my friends, who tolerate (whether in person or via text/FaceTime) the volatile author cycle of excited, hermit-like, stressed out, back to excited, exhausted, terrified, and jumping for joy.
Eric Myers, for always being in my corner and offering sage counsel.
Thank you to my editor, Lauren Appleton, for all the guidance, tweaking, and answering many, many emails.
To Stephanie Bowen for still toasting to next books in the series and for helping to continue building the strength of the Broke Millennial brand.
Allyssa and Emily, for working tirelessly to help this book make a splash.
A huge thank-you to my interviewees, who made this book possible: Jennifer Barrett, Alex Benke, Douglas Boneparth, Maria Bruno, Dave Fanger, Ashley Fox, Tela Holcomb, Colleen Jaconetti, Sallie Krawcheck, Brandon Krieg, Kelly Lannan, Avi Lele, Dave Nugent, Mabel Nuñez, Jill Schlesinger, Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, and Julie Virta.
And to the people who helped coordinate those interviews, including Adrianna Abreu, MeeJin Annan-Brady, Stephanie Corns, Katie Davis, Rachael Factor, Allyson Federbush, Meghan Gardler, Lindsay Goldwert, Natalie Rix, Danielle Shechtman, Mike Shamrell, Elyse Steinhaus, Carolyn Wegemann, and Joe Ziemer.
A special shout-out to Tanja Hester, Stefanie O’Connell, Paulette Perhach, Liz Thames, and Kristin Wong for the mastermind (let’s be honest, support) groups!
To the personal finance/money nerd community—for all the love and support.
Finally, to the Broke Millennial community and supporters. None of this would be possible without you all.