About the Author
Kiana Danial is an award-winning, internationally recognized personal investing and wealth management expert. She’s a highly sought-after professional speaker, author, and executive coach who delivers workshops and seminars to corporations, universities, and investment groups. She frequently appears as an expert on many TV and radio stations and has reported on the financial markets directly from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. Kiana has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, TIME magazine, Forbes, TheStreet.com, and many other publications as well as on CNN. She has won numerous awards, including Best Financial Education Provider at Shanghai Forex Expo in 2014, New York Business Women of Influence Honoree in 2016, and the Personal Investment Expert of the Year award from Wealth & Finance International in 2018.
Born and raised in Iran as a religious minority, she was awarded a scholarship from the Japanese government to study electrical engineering in Japan, where she obtained two degrees in that field and conducted research on quantum physics in classes taught in Japanese. Being the only woman and foreigner in her classes made her decide to dedicate her life to empowering minorities, especially women in male-dominated industries.
Dedication
To my sweet daughter, Jasmine, who was born right around the time I started writing this book and inspired me to finish it.
To my amazing husband, Matt, who supports me unconditionally.