Ethnicity Jewish Role Journalist | Religion Judaism Name Beth Kobliner Movies Your Life, Your Money | |
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Born January 18, 1965 (age 59) ( 1965-01-18 ) Books Jacob's Eye Patch, Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties |
Biggest Mistakes Parents Make When Teaching Their Children About Money
Beth Kobliner (born January 18, 1965) is a personal finance commentator and journalist, and author of the New York Times bestseller Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties. She is currently writing Make Your Kid a Money Genius (Even If You're Not). In 2010, she was appointed by President Obama to the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability, and was instrumental in developing the council's Money as You Grow initiative. The site, MoneyAsYouGrow.org, has reached over one million visitors. In February 2014, Kobliner was appointed by President Obama to the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans.
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- Biggest Mistakes Parents Make When Teaching Their Children About Money
- Beth Kobliner Make Your Kid A Money Genius Even If Youre Not Talks at Google
- Early life and education
- Personal life
- References

Kobliner is also the co-author, with her then nine-year-old son, of the 2013 children's book Jacob's Eye Patch, illustrated by Jules Feiffer.

Kobliner served as an advisor for Sesame Street's financial education initiative, and appeared in an outreach video with the character Elmo. She is a contributor to the Huffington Post and Mint.com, has participated regularly in public radio's national programs The Takeaway and Marketplace, on which she discussed teens and money with her daughter in the "Beth and Becca" segment. Kobliner has been a columnist at Glamour and Redbook magazines, and has contributed to publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, O: The OprahMagazine, Parade, and Reader's Digest. She was a featured correspondent and national outreach advisor for the PBS special Your Life, Your Money.
Beth Kobliner: "Make Your Kid A Money Genius (Even If You're Not)" | Talks at Google
Early life and education
Kobliner grew up in a Jewish family, the daughter of a New York high school principal and a high school chemistry teacher turned homemaker. Kobliner is a graduate of Brown University, where she studied literature. Following college, she worked for Sylvia Porter, a pioneer in the personal finance field, and later joined Money magazine as a staff writer.
Personal life
Kobliner is married to hedge fund manager and billionaire David E. Shaw.