Simran Kaur

Young New Zealander of the Year ✨ it is such an honour to represent my beautiful country, a place that has shaped me to value community above everything else. As my favourite proverb goes;

He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata he tangata he tangata

What is the most important thing in the world? It is people it is people it is people 🇳🇿 - Thank you Kiwibank, University of Canterbury and the sponsors and judges from Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards

4 years ago my Christmas leave got declined,

I was working a 9-5 job that I loved,
with colleagues that I adored,
I was mentally stimulated,
... But this stopped me in my tracks.

I realized I didn't own my time, my manager did.

That evening I decided to finally quit and go all in on my “side hustle“ turned business Girls That Invest Media.

4 years later I became a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year, Won Young New Zealander of the Year and became a Forbes 30 under 30... but most importantly, I've been able to celebrate every holiday with my family

Thank you Forbes US! What a monumental way to wrap up 2022!!
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Flying to the UK to represent New Zealand at the House of Parliament in the UK for International Women’s Day 🇬🇧

On the Qantas flight I got to met Maneka Dahya who ended up being one of our Girls That Invest community members!? It truly is a global sisterhood 💜

I now have just over $1.5m invested - my mentor Sophia Amoruso, founder of Girlboss, taught me the importance of sharing my journey.

My investments are across public markets, angel investments, venture capital & real estate equity.

I need to be very clear, that's not $1.5M I've made just from investing alone, that's investment gains AND money my different businesses have brought over the years that I've pooled into investing.

Now I have the time freedom to work because I want to, not because I have to. That's why I now write a free weekly newsletter at Girls That Invest, teaching others how to upskill & invest.

If you'd like to join 50,000 others in becoming smarter investors in under 5 minutes, comment “newsletter“ in the comments and I'll direct message you a link to sign up