Alexa von tobel biography

Alexa Von Tobel Speaker Biography

Founder & CEO of LearnVest.com
and Best-Selling Author of Financially Fearless

Alexa von Tobel, CFP, is the founder and CEO of LearnVest.com, and The New York Times bestselling author of Financially Fearless. Originally from Florida, Alexa graduated from Harvard College and went to Harvard Business School before launching LearnVest, which is aimed at making financial planning affordable, accessible and delightful.

Financial Expert

She brings her passion for innovative product design to the financial planning space, as she works to revolutionize how Americans interact with their money. Alexa raised nearly $75 million in financing for LearnVest, which was acquired by Northwestern Mutual in May 2015 in one of the biggest fintech acquisitions of the decade.

Media

Alexa has appeared on the cover of Forbes Magazine and has been featured as an expert in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Good Morning America, The Today Show, CNN, Fast Company, Businessweek, InStyle, Rachael Ray, and more. She is a c

Alexa Von Tobel

Alexa Von Tobel's financial advisory speeches aim to teach youth the importance of saving money by showing the repercussions of failing to follow a budget.

Von Tobel is the founder and CEO of LearnVest.com which is a personal finance website, educating people of the value and importance of money. During business school at Harvard, she realized that her and most of the people around her never really had any formal education or advice on how to manage their finances. LearnVest.com shares knowledge and advice to help avoid people from the stressful battle with debt.

Alexa received an A.B in Psychology at Harvard College, and has been on impressive lists like Inc. Magazine’s "30 under 30: The Top Young Entrepreneurs of 2010," and “Women to Watch” by Forbes. She currently resides in New York City where she is actively involved on her website, motivating people to begin saving.

Featured Keynote - Money as a Lifeline

Alexa Von Tobe’s Financial Speech Teaches Us How to Plan for the Future

Alexa Von Tobe’s financial speech teaches us the importance of saving

Alexa von Tobel

Alexa von Tobel, CFP®, is the Founder and Managing Partner of Inspired Capital, a $900M Pre-Seed to Series A venture fund backing fearless founders solving the hardest challenges facing humanity. In addition, Alexa is the New York Times-Bestselling Author of Financially Fearless and Financially Forward, and she hosts Inc.'s weekly entrepreneurship podcast, The Founders Project.

Prior to Inspired Capital, Alexa founded LearnVest in 2008 with the goal of helping people make progress on their money. After raising nearly $75 million in venture capital, LearnVest was acquired by Northwestern Mutual in May 2015 in one of the biggest fintech acquisitions of the decade. Following the acquisition, von Tobel joined the management team of Northwestern Mutual as the company’s first-ever Chief Digital Officer, overseeing digital strategy. She later assumed the role of Chief Innovation Officer through which she oversaw Northwestern Mutual’s venture arm.

Alexa has appeared on the cover of Forbes Magazine, been interviewed on NPR’s How I Built This and been featured in

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