Manisha Thakor» Personal Finance Expert – Personal Finance Expert for Women – Money Management for Women

This website is devoted to money management for women. If you want to achieve financial security and financial independence, I encourage you to read the BOOKS I have co-written with fellow financial expert Sharon Kedar (ON MY OWN TWO FEET & GET FINANCIALLY NAKED) as well as to sign up for my “Manisha’s Money Musings BLOG” and periodic “Get In$pired” e-newsletter. If you are looking for additional information about how to take charge of your money, on the LINKS page I’ve compiled a list of helpful personal finance resources.

If so, please check out the SPEAKING page. Here you will find examples of my speeches on women and financial independence, additional speaking topics, list of my past speaking audiences, and testimonials.

If you are working on a piece and need a personal finance expert for women as a resource, I’d love to help. You can check out my credentials as a financial expert on the ABOUT page, my prior media experience on the MEDIA page and reach me via the CONTACT page of this website.

"Manisha is that precious rarity in any field - an expert who can explain things in a way that makes sense to the rest of us. Her contributions to my nationally syndicated radio program offer insight and advice with a welcome gentle tone in an economic world gone crazy. Highly, highly recommended."
- Susan Barnett, Producer/Host of "51%-The Women’s Perspective" & NPR Hudson Valley Bureau Chief

While personal finance is important for both genders, it is extra important for us ladies. Statistically speaking we earn less, live longer, and spend more time out of the workforce caring for family than men. As a result, 2/3rds of women over the age of 65 today rely upon meager social security payments as their primary source of income. I focus on women because I want to change these gut-wrenching statistics. More personally, I grew up a nerdy, book-loving girl in a mid-western town where cheerleaders ruled. Lacking the prom queen gene, I learned early on that "a man is not a financial plan" and to rely upon myself. Thankfully, my wonderful parents gave me the ultimate gift - that of financial literacy. As a result, a whole world of choices opened up for me, and I've gone on to have both a wonderful personal and professional life. I now want to pay that gift forward and help women own their finances and own their lives.