Money Under 30

About Money Under 30

Money Under 30 is a blog and online community devoted to helping twentysomethings learn about and take charge of their personal finances. The site receives over 100,000 pageviews each month and contains over 600 free articles on topics as simple as starting your first savings account and as involved as taking advantage of helpful but confusing tax credits and deductions.

My Story

I’m David Weliver, this site’s founder and editor. Ten years ago, I was just starting college and, at the same time, making a mess of my own finances. For almost six years, I spent every dollar I earned without any regard for budgets, savings accounts, or investments. Before graduating from college, I was already deeply in debt.

Oddly enough, after school I landed a job at SmartMoney magazine. As I wrote and edited articles about everyday Americans achieving wealth simply by pinching pennies, I began to see what I was doing wrong. A few years later, I decided to write about it on my own. In the summer of 2006, I launched Money Under 30 to blog both about my financial mistakes but also about the more sophisticated personal finance tricks I picked up at SmartMoney.

My goal is simple: To explain personal finance in plain English and provide general financial advice for young adults who are ambitious, but have better things to do than worry about money.

Today, I publish Money Under 30 full-time from my home in Portland, Maine. I am also involved in other financial education projects including Qvisory, a non-profit dedicated to helping young people take control of their money, health, and lives. I’m thrilled to be providing financial insight and commentary to thousands of twenty somethings (and other readers) every day. So whether you want to know the difference between traditional and Roth IRAs or simply need some inspiration as you dig yourself out of debt, you’ve come to the right place!

Press

David has been interviewed or quoted by major media outlets, including:

• U.S. News & World Report
• The Washington Post
• Minneapolis Star-Tribune
• Philadelphia Public Radio WHYY [Listen to excerpts of this interview]
• MSN Smart Spending

Contact David

For press inquiries or other general questions about this site, please contact me here.

Have a specific financial question you’d like answered anonymously online, for free? Check out Ask Money Under 30, where you can submit any financial question you have!