What I Didn’t Learn at Wharton About Personal Finance
A comprehensive guide to personal finance for young adults
I had the privilege of attending one of the best colleges for my undergraduate education — The University of Pennsylvania.
But shockingly, the one thing I never had any formal education on was personal finance.
This was especially odd since I took a number of classes at Penn in The Wharton School of Business. Some I formally enrolled in, others I sat in on, formally or informally, auditing out of curiosity.
Wharton, and Penn in general, produce some of the highest earning graduates in the world. Many are involved with banking and finance.
So while I expected that there would be some abstract and largely theoretical study of markets (useless academic classes rooted only in theory), I figured there would be at least a cursory course on practical personal finance.
I was wrong.
Fast forward nearly a decade, and I absolutely love personal finance and working toward financial freedom.
I run my own business, have assisted in the founding of several startups, and make regular private equity investments.
