Description

In this episode, my guest Emlen Miles-Mattingly shares his story and expertise in wealth management and financial planning, specializing in supporting minority families.

Founder, President and Senior Advisor of GenNext Wealth and host of the popular podcast Minority Money. Having worked for more than twenty years in finance, Emlen saw a clear need to support wealth management and financial planning for people and families of color. Inspired every day with the potential for change, Emlen thrives on connecting with clients, creating lasting relationships and helping individuals and families realize dreams through sound financial habits, healthy views on money and an inspired awareness towards generational wealth and wealth management. Emlen earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting. From education, experience and passion, Emlen is addressing racial disparities in wealth head-on, providing compassionate education, financial insights and resources to change the complexion of wealth, one family, one generation, at a time.

In this episode, Emlen and I discussed:

•        His family background and how he started his career in finance
•        His International travels with family and the family dynamics in raising children with American and immigrant roots from their mother
•        Live to work vs work to live
•        Financial wellness and the current financial landscape in the US
•        Being intentional when saving money
•        Negotiated compensation as part of your wealth-building strategy
•        What behaviors, mindset, or views about money that he's seeing in the minority communities he is serving
•        How we can make our money work for us
•        The Onyx Advisor Network, a platform for underrepresented financial advisors in order to serve the markets they care about
•        Uneven wealth distribution across the world
•        Various ways your investment can be aligned to your values

Connect with Emlen Miles-Mattingly here: 

Website: https://gennextwealth.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emlen-miles-mattingly

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gennextwealth

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilesmattingly/

You can check out the book Emlen mentioned, How I Invest My Money: Finance experts reveal how they save, spend, and invest, HERE.

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