Alexa founded Inspired Capital because she deeply understood the unique challenges of the founder journey. Before Inspired, she dropped out of Harvard Business School to launch LearnVest, one of the first fintech companies aimed at making financial planning software accessible to millions. Discouraged by the capital partners available in NYC at the time, Alexa promised herself she would one day become the kind of investor she wished had existed. In 2015, LearnVest was acquired for nearly $400 million, marking one of the decade's largest fintech acquisitions.
Following the acquisition, Alexa became Northwestern Mutual's first-ever Chief Digital Officer, leading product and technology strategy as the company achieved $30 billion in annual revenue, before becoming Chief Innovation Officer overseeing their venture arm. Her career began on Morgan Stanley's Proprietary Trading Desk, before she helped build Drop.io, an early-stage startup later acquired by Facebook.
A 2016 Henry Crown Fellow and inaugural member of President Obama's Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship, Alexa has been recognized with a Forbes cover, Fortune's 40 Under 40, Most Powerful Women, Inc. Magazine's 30 Under 30, and World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Financially Fearless, Financially Forward, and Money Matters. Alexa holds an A.B. in Psychology with Honors from Harvard College.
