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The author and philanthropist Jennifer Risher continues our series on extreme wealth by telling the story of her ear-popping rise from a middle-class Microsoft employee in the early ‘90s to an unexpected multimillionaire. The stock options she accrued with her husband, David — a fellow Microsoft employee who went on to join Amazon and who is now the CEO of Lyft — gave Jennifer immediate entry to a world of privilege that, as the child of a working-class household, she'd never expected to join. Her experience showed her the peculiar nature of personal wealth: an agent of tremendous power that, she finds, does more to amplify people's character than to alter it. Jennifer Risher is the author of “We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth,” which aims to illuminate discussions of money that are often cloaked in taboo, guilt, and secrecy. She and her husband founded the #HalfMyDAF movement, which seeks to encourage wealthy people to make greater charitable gifts in their lifetimes.

“Philanthropy has these ways of carving out money and setting it aside. Is there another way to think about what to do with money that exists in this world? Shouldn't we be thinking about different ways of activating it now?” - Jennifer RisherBreak Fake Rules is a podcast from the Stupski Foundation that questions philanthropy's self-imposed rules and looks for ways philanthropy can better serve communities and contribute to lasting change. In this episode, Glen talks with Jennifer Risher, an author and rulebreaking philanthropist who is motivating donors to move philanthropic wealth off the sidelines and into communities where it is needed today. Hear Jennifer share her initiative, #HalfMyDAF, which is challenging the wealth management system and motivating others to unleash dollars from donor-advised funds. Check out #HalfMyDAF and learn more from Jennifer in her book, “We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth”. Learn about the Stupski Foundation's work.Host: Glen GalaichGuest: Jennifer RisherProducer: Claire Callahan

Jennifer Risher is an author, speaker, philanthropist, and investor on a mission to move money out of the taboo category and help us have much-needed conversations. Her book, “We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth,” explores the impact of wealth on identity and relationships. In sharing her story, Jennifer aims to validate the emotional complexities of money and help those with wealth move out of guilt, shame, or a desire to keep money hidden and into meaning, joy, and purpose. Jennifer was born in Seattle, Washington, grew up in Oregon, and graduated from Connecticut College. She joined Microsoft in 1991 where she worked as a recruiter and then as a product manager. As an extra-fortunate beneficiary of the dot-com boom, she believes abundance can drive change and fuel action — and that we need to be putting more philanthropic dollars to work now. In 2020, Jennifer and her husband, David, launched #HalfMyDAF to inspire more charitable giving. Over the last four years, they've contributed millions in matching funds, rallied donors and nonprofits, and created a community that has moved over $50 million to nonprofits. With the goal of creating more economic, gender and racial equity, Jennifer has also been investing with women-of-color fund managers. Jennifer and David live in San Francisco, where David is CEO of Lyft. Jennifer loves playing and watching tennis and spending time with her two twenty-something daughters. She is on the board of Women Moving Millions and is a member of Women Donors Network and Solidaire.

In this episode, we roundup some of the highlights from our 2023 podcasts, to give you a flavour of each episode and so that you can catch up on what you missed, or find an episode you'd like to hear more of. We cover the best bits from: Ep 83: Ringing in the changes for the financial industry ​- Marcus Price Ep 82: Achieving the unachievable for financial services ​- Sarah Abood Ep 81: Raising the voice of the financial sector ​- Blake Briggs Ep 80: Harnessing the power of AI in the advice industry ​- Michael Kollo Ep 79: Evolving the client value proposition with technology - Matt Heine Ep 78: Empowering students for their financial future - Kendall Flutey Ep 77: Strategic perspectives on scale and independence - Matt Brinker Ep 76: Building a wealth platform to transform lives - Brent Brodeski Ep 75: Talking about a revolution in investing - Jennifer Risher

Listen to Jennifer Risher, Author, Speaker and Co-founder of #HalfMyDAF, as she shares her wealth journey from early days at Microsoft and Amazon. Jennifer explains the emotional and sensitive side of money with real life examples of what she terms as 'the embarrassment of riches', a title she almost used for her book, and the isolation that wealth can bring. She unpacks the vital support role her adviser played and why she penned the book, “We need to talk“. Jennifer reveals how peer networks helped her learn more about investing and her power to create change. This led her to philanthropy and co-founding an organisation to encourage Americans to donate half their donor advised fund, awarding millions to non-profits. www.halfmydaf.com www.JenniferRisher.com

In this revisited episode of Beyond the Balance Sheet, we are joined by Jennifer Risher, author of “We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth,” who tells her story and explores the impact of wealth on identity, relationships, and sense of place in the world. Jennifer discusses her journey and the inspiration behind her career of helping people have much-needed conversations. Then, Jennifer gives tips on having awkward financial discussions with people around money. Tune in as we talk about why wealth shouldn't be a barrier to having great relationships in your life; instead, you should focus on authenticity, connection, and intimacy.   IN THIS EPISODE:   [01:35] About Jennifer's journey and the inspiration behind her career of helping people have much-needed conversations.  [08:00] Wealth can be a truth serum; Jennifer explains what that means.   [18:30] Jennifer gives tips on having awkward financial discussions with people around money.  [21:30] Why wealth shouldn't be a barrier to relationships in your life.     KEY TAKEAWAYS:   You don't realize what money struggles someone is going through unless you talk to them.  There's a real chance of intimacy and learning through conversations about money.  Before talking to other people about money, find out what feelings you personally have around money.  Human authenticity, connection, and intimacy are by far the most valuable thing in your life.     LINKS MENTIONED:   Website   www.jenniferrisher.com   Book   https://www.amazon.com/We-Need-Talk-Memoir-Wealth/dp/1939096464   BIO: Jennifer Risher is on a mission to move money out of the taboo category and help us have much-needed conversations. Her book, “We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth” tells her story and explores the impact of wealth on identity, relationships, and sense of place in the world. Jennifer was born in Seattle, Washington, grew up in Oregon, and graduated from Connecticut College. She and her husband, David, have two daughters and live in San Francisco, where David is CEO of Worldreader, a nonprofit he co founded to create a world where everyone is a reader. Last year, in response to COVID, Jennifer and David launched #HalfMyDAF challenge, which has now inspired nearly $14 million in charitable giving from donor advised funds.  

Wealth can be emotionally charged—so what happens when it falls into your lap? For the 80% of wealthy people who grew up middle class or poor, new-found riches often create a disconnect. But as Jennifer Risher shares in her memoir, your childhood money story needn't define you. She encourages women to come to terms with wealth's impact on them as mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends. Note to All Readers: The information contained here reflects the views of AllianceBernstein L.P. or its affiliates and sources it believes are reliable as of the date of this podcast. AllianceBernstein L.P. makes no representations or warranties concerning the accuracy of any data. There is no guarantee that any projection, forecast or opinion in this material will be realized. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The views expressed here may change at any time after the date of this podcast. This podcast is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. AllianceBernstein L.P. does not provide tax, legal or accounting advice. It does not take an investor's personal investment objectives or financial situation into account; investors should discuss their individual circumstances with appropriate professionals before making any decisions. This information should not be construed as sales or marketing material or an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument, product or service sponsored by AllianceBernstein or its affiliates. The [A/B] logo is a registered service mark of AllianceBernstein, and AllianceBernstein® is a registered service mark, used by permission of the owner, AllianceBernstein L.P. © 2022 AllianceBernstein L.P.

David Risher is the CEO and co-founder of Worldreader. After a career as a general manager at Microsoft and an early stage executive at Amazon, David recognized early on how e-readers and digital books could give kids in under-served parts of the world better access to the life-changing experience of reading. Since co-founding Worldreader in 2010, David and the Worldreader team have expanded the organization to have impact in more than 46 countries, delivering high-quality books in 52 languages to over 19 million children. Together, they've demonstrated how digital technology–combined with high-quality books, smart programming, strong partnerships–can accelerate reading around the globe and unlock the potential of the world's next scientists, teachers, innovators, and explorers.David has degrees from Princeton University and Harvard Business School is a Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year Awardee, a Draper Richards Kaplan social entrepreneur, an invited member of the Clinton Global Initiative, and a Microsoft Alumni Foundation Integral Fellow. He has two daughters and lives in San Francisco, California, with his wife– author Jennifer Risher.In my conversation today I'm chatting with David Risher, a guy who helped grow Amazon from a 15 million dollar company to what it is today, and founder of the non-profit, Worldreader who as a team have opened those new doors through reading that i mentioned to more than 19 million kids globally. Since we talked I've been thinking about what a privilege it is - reading, I mean. I've been reading authors and genres that are pretty new to me lately but it all started with access and David and I talk about how, in spite of the digital age, accessing books is still an issue. According to UNESCO, in 2021 over 100 million kids and 700 million adults are non-literate.Links from this episode:Read David's full bio here.Twitter: @davidrisherWRhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Risherhttps://www.worldreader.org/https://en.unesco.org/sites/default/files/ild-2021-fact-sheet.pdfUNESCO, International Literacy Day 2021 - Literacy for a human centred recovery: Narrowing thedigital divide https://en.unesco.org/sites/default/files/ild-2021-fact-sheet.pdf See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There's a ancient saying that money is not so much the problem; it's the love of money that causes the trouble. There's another truth about the topic: It's really hard to write about money - specifically, your money. And yet, that is exactly what Jennifer Risher does in "We Need to Talk: A Memoir about Wealth." She and her husband became what only can be described as an "ultra high net worth" family through their stock options from Microsoft and Amazon. In this interview, Jen inspires all of us as she describes her 14-year writing journey of rejections, rewrites, and, ultimately, publication. In her memoir, she writes beautifully about a tough subject with candor, warmth, and humility.  

We have reached the end of another year, our third while doing this podcast. We are spending this episode on our customary year-end review, and we will be pulling segments from some of the great interviews we hosted over the course of 2021. In doing so, we hope to create a bit of summary of the year and the biggest lessons we all learned together. The podcast has continued to grow beyond our wildest expectations and we are so grateful to be on this journey with our ever-increasing community and audience. We touch on many themes in this recap, moving from general ideas about life, goals, happiness, abundance, and purpose, to more financial subjects of money values, retirement, and crypto, and then into the deeper technical aspects of investment such as value premiums, factors, bonds, and much more. We have tried our best to focus on the segments that we found most enlightening and that changed our perspective, and have highlighted them with reflections and commentary. So to hear it all, join us today, and we'll see you next year, for more of the Rational Reminder Podcast.   Key Points From This Episode:   Looking at some of the amazing numbers around the growth of our community. [0:02:37.2] A few shoutouts to the wonderful people who make this podcast possible. [0:04:27.8] Bill Schultheis on how to find and fund a good life. [0:08:34.5] Hal Hershfield's thoughts on making better decisions with your future wellbeing in mind. [0:10:44.3] Ashley Whillans on the relationship between time-poverty and wellbeing, and increased leisure time. [0:13:39.7] Jennifer Risher weighs in on the importance of performing meaningful work. [0:17:24.5] Robin Taub's family money value's from her book, The Wisest Investment: [0:20:04.1] Jennifer Risher's approach to managing money values at home. [0:22:27.7] Katy Milkman applies the central idea from How to Change to saving money. [0:23:22.7] Johanna Peetz on how to use the idea of a future self to reach a goal. [0:26:38.6] Paul Merriman shares his experiences of the relationship between money and a good life. [0:28:27.7] Adriana Robertson's legal perspective on the rise of index funds. [0:33:48.4] Jay Ritter on the question of market efficiency. [0:36:41.8] Hersh Shefrin's emphatic and nuanced advice about how to act in relation to the market. [0:38:20.3] John Cochrane on the shifting relative value of stocks. [0:39:43.3] Rob Arnott shares his thoughts on the drawbacks of cap-weighted indexing. [0:42:31.5] Antonio Picca on the drawbacks of a factor-based investment strategy. [0:47:01.6] John Cochrane on making decisions around owning value stocks. [0:48:10.7] Campbell Harvey talks about conditions for concentrated portfolios. [0:52:20.2] Bill Schultheis on tilting for factors versus sticking with market cap indices. [0:54:02.6] Adriana Robertson shares what the research tells us about the basis for investment decisions. [0:54:46.1] Hersh Shefrin on what really matters with regards to portfolio construction. [0:57:33.0] Antonio Picca on more active approaches and capturing premiums through rebalancing. [0:41:26.0] Brad Cornell explains the differences between a factor and a characteristic. [1:01:52.2] Rob Arnott, David Booth, and Antonio Picca weigh in on the question of value stocks at present. [1:04:22.6] Robert Novy-Marx's approach to cheap stocks and high profitability. [1:11:54.1] Dave Plecha on owning bonds today, in light of historically low interest rates. [1:15:12.0] Anna Lembke on how our daily and long-term decisions are influenced by dopamine. [1:18:20.0] Cullen Roche shares his thoughts on the future of market inflation. [1:22:57.2] Don Ezra's lessons for retirement and better preparation. [1:24:57.6] Anna Lembke on the results of increases in leisure time. [1:27:37.1] David Blanchett's thoughts on the evolving role of the financial advisor. [1:30:50.0] Don Ezra 'seven asset classes of life's abundance portfolio'. [1:33:42.9]

Jennifer Risher, author of “We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth,” tells her story and explores the impact of wealth on identity, relationships, and sense of place in the world. Jennifer discusses her journey and the inspiration behind her career of helping people have much-needed conversations. Then, Jennifer gives tips on having awkward financial discussions with people around money. Tune in as we talk about why wealth shouldn't be a barrier to having great relationships in your life; instead, you should focus on authenticity, connection, and intimacy.   IN THIS EPISODE:   [01:35] About Jennifer's journey and the inspiration behind her career of helping people have much-needed conversations.  [08:00] Wealth can be a truth serum; Jennifer explains what that means.   [18:30] Jennifer gives tips on having awkward financial discussions with people around money.  [21:30] Why wealth shouldn't be a barrier to relationships in your life.     KEY TAKEAWAYS:   You don't realize what money struggles someone is going through unless you talk to them.  There's a real chance of intimacy and learning through conversations about money.  Before talking to other people about money, find out what feelings you personally have around money.  Human authenticity, connection, and intimacy are by far the most valuable thing in your life.   LINKS MENTIONED:   Website www.jenniferrisher.com Book https://www.amazon.com/We-Need-Talk-Memoir-Wealth/dp/1939096464 Website Show Notes Page: https://oconnorpg.com/podcasts/struggles-of-sudden-wealth-with-jennifer-risher   BIO:   Jennifer Risher is on a mission to move money out of the taboo category and help us have much-needed conversations. Her book, “We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth” tells her story and explores the impact of wealth on identity, relationships, and sense of place in the world. Jennifer was born in Seattle, Washington, grew up in Oregon, and graduated from Connecticut College. She and her husband, David, have two daughters and live in San Francisco, where David is CEO of Worldreader, a nonprofit he co-founded to create a world where everyone is a reader. Last year, in response to COVID, Jennifer and David launched #HalfMyDAF challenge, which has now inspired nearly $14 million in charitable giving from donor advised funds. 

We spoke with Jennifer Risher, author, philanthropist, change maker. Her book “We need to talk: A memoir about Wealth” tells the story of the impact of wealth on identity, relationships, and the sense of place in the world. Jennifer spent many years at Microsoft as a recruiter and product manager right out of school.  Jennifer believes that community is key to learning and spreading information to the collective. She has a mission to educate on how we look at money, diversity, equality, etc. In 2020, she and her husband created an initiative called #HalfMyDaf,  this initiative has enabled them to help move over $19.2 million from DAFs to nonprofits. She also has created funds to invest in marginal areas and communities to support underrepresented areas with an equity lens where they struggle to get loans promoting more gender equality.  Join us for this truly inspiring conversation.

A money story is your history and relationship with money and wealth. Did you grow up with enough of it? Are you still insecure about it? Are you afraid to make more of it? Everyone has a money story but not everyone shares them. Author Jennifer Risher is breaking this cycle with her recent book, ‘'We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth.” In this episode, we talk to Jennifer about her experience getting wealthy during the dot-com boom and what she's learned through documenting how money affects her family, friendships, and life in her memoir. Follow us on Instagram: @ialsopodcast & Twitter: @IAlsoPodcastSpeaker Bio: Jennifer Risher is on a mission to move money out of the taboo category and help us have much-needed conversations about the emotional side of wealth. She is the author of “We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth” which tells her story and explores the impact of wealth on identity, relationships, and sense of place in the world. She was born in Seattle, Washington, grew up in Oregon, and graduated from Connecticut College. In 1992, she joined Microsoft where she worked as a recruiter and then as a product manager. She and her husband, David, have two daughters and live in San Francisco, where David is CEO of Worldreader, a nonprofit he cofounded with a mission to create a world where everyone is a reader. In response to COVID, Jennifer and David launched the #HalfMyDAF challenge, which inspired over $8.6 million in charitable giving. In 2021, #HalfMyDAF is continuing to inspire more giving from DAFs to nonprofits. Follow Jennifer on Twitter @JenRisher 

This episode originally aired on May 19, 2021. While the ultra-rich don't ever have to worry about affording their needs (or wants), they may suffer from some big problems related to being wealthy. As guest Jennifer Risher explains, it can be hard to maintain close relationships and come to terms with your financial reality when you're rich. In her book, We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth, Risher shares her own personal journey of coming into extraordinary wealth, as well as the voices of others in her demographic and the hidden impact of wealth on identity, relationships and sense of place in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jennifer Risher is on a mission to move money out of the taboo category and have much needed conversations about the emotional side of money and wealth—as a way to connect, learn from each other, and shake up the status quo. Her book, “We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth” tells her story and explores the impact of wealth on identity, relationships, and sense of place in the world. Highlights Her background - 1:38 She disapproved of what she had - 2:46 Money out of the taboo category - 3:13 Money reveals who you are - 5:36 It's important to have conversations about money - 9:02 Money as a tool - 14:09 Aligning money with values - 19:53 Episode Resources Connect with Raul Hernandez Ochoa https://www.linkedin.com/in/dogoodwork https://dogoodwork.io/work-with-raul https://dogoodwork.io/podcast Connect with Jennifer Risher www.jenniferrisher.com www.halfmydaf.com 

While the ultra-rich don't ever have to worry about affording their needs (or wants), they may suffer from some big problems related to being wealthy. As guest Jennifer Risher explains, it can be hard to maintain close relationships and come to terms with your financial reality when you're rich. In her book, We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth, Risher shares her own personal journey of coming into extraordinary wealth, as well as the voices of others in her demographic and the hidden impact of wealth on identity, relationships and sense of place in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Wealth surprised me. Having a lot of money doesn't look or feel like what Hollywood sells us. It can be isolating... And of course, it might be hard to imagine wealth as a challenge, but my goal is to change something at a very personal level. I want to get us talking about money. I want to move money out of the taboo category, and out of the shame category, and really help us start to have conversations." When it comes to money, that's private. Or so the school of thought usually goes. However, today Jennifer Risher shares very openly about her experiences of coming into wealth and the surprising challenges it creates that are often never openly spoken about. Listen in for rare and authentic insights into how wealth can and does impact people's lives and relationships, and why it's important to be able to openly speak about it. This episode is a brave and inspiring interview on not just her journey of learning to become comfortable with wealth, but also the significant joy that she and her husband, David Risher, have found in using their wealth to inspire mass acts of giving on a global scale through their foundation #HalfmyDAF. Key Takeaway: Money matters impact everyone's lives. Whether riches or poverty, there are challenges that are created and opportunities for impact missed when people won't communicate. While wealth can be powerful, it shouldn't be held in such a regard to supersede the value of what matters most - relationships. Talking about the elephant in the room can not only ease tensions within a relationship, but also inspire giving and impactful collaboration. Talk about it. How to Contact Jennifer: Join the #HalfMyDAF Challenge: www.halfmydaf.com Website: www.jenniferrisher.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jennifer came into significant wealth in her early 30's. Over the years, her wealth has grown to a number she never could have imagined. She chose to write her memoir to share her story, and encourage others to talk about wealth. Her story is disarming, honest, and a delight to read. As a fundraiser, I was enlightened by her honest recount of giving big gifts for the first time, and her own identity shift as a wealthy woman. Jennifer Risher was born in Seattle, Washington, grew up in Oregon, and graduated from Connecticut College. She joined Microsoft in 1991 where she worked as a recruiter and then as a product manager. She and her husband, David, have two daughters and live in San Francisco, where David is CEO of Worldreader, a nonprofit he cofounded with a mission to create a world where everyone is a reader. In May 2020, Jennifer and David launched #HalfMyDAF to inspire more charitable giving. We Need to Talk is Jennifer's first book. www.thedevelopmentdebrief.com insta @devdebrief --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/devdebrief/support

Jennifer Risher, a beneficiary of the dot-com boom and author of We Need to Talk: A Memoir about Wealth, joins Judy Spalthoff, Head of Family Advisory and Philanthropy Services, to break down the stigma around talking about wealth. While wealth can make it easier to support a family, open communication is what makes a family flourish. In this episode, Jennifer talks about her book and her own experiences as a means to navigate relationships and demystify wealth. Featured are Judy Spalthoff, Head of UBS Family Advisory and Philanthropy Services, and Jennifer Risher, Author, We Need to Talk: A Memoir about Wealth

Unless you live under a rock, you'll know that in 2020 the nonprofit sector saw HUGE increases in giving through Donor Advised Fund (DAF) giving accounts. There was an outpouring of generosity across the nation, and many donors with DAF giving accounts stepped up to make sure that organizations received critical funding when they needed it most.Watching this play out in 2020 got me thinking more and more about the growing importance of donor advised funds, the donors who control them, and how nonprofits can and should engage both with DAF account holders and the financial institutions that manage these accounts.That's why I was thrilled to recently get the chance to talk with Jennifer Risher.  Jen is a retired Microsoft executive, author of We Need to Talk: A Memoir on Wealth, and co-founder of the #HalfMyDAF movement. Jen and her husband David (CEO of Worldreader) founded the #HalfMyDAF movement in 2020 to incentivize donors who have DAF accounts to distribute more money from their giving accounts more quickly to make greater impact right now.Jen and I sat down to talk about why she and David launched the #HalfMyDAF movement, how nonprofits can and should engage with DAF donors, and what the role of financial institutions is in the DAF giving ecosystem. We also talk about the growing pool of matching funds that #HalfMyDAF is making available in 2021 to incentivize more DAF giving account holders to spend down at least 50% of their DAF holdings -- you won't want to miss this opportunity!Every nonprofit needs to be paying attention to donors who are giving through their DAF accounts. Jen and David Risher will be joining my friend Jack Doyle, President of Amergent (a Moore company) for a FREE webinar called #HalfMyDAF and the future of Donor Advised Funds on March 9 at 12pm Central Time (US and Canada). I invite you to join them for this free webinar that will provide a TON of value!

Unless you live under a rock, you'll know that in 2020 the nonprofit sector saw HUGE increases in giving through Donor Advised Fund (DAF) giving accounts. There was an outpouring of generosity across the nation, and many donors with DAF giving accounts stepped up to make sure that organizations received critical funding when they needed it most.Watching this play out in 2020 got me thinking more and more about the growing importance of donor advised funds, the donors who control them, and how nonprofits can and should engage both with DAF account holders and the financial institutions that manage these accounts.That's why I was thrilled to recently get the chance to talk with Jennifer Risher.  Jen is a retired Microsoft executive, author of We Need to Talk: A Memoir on Wealth, and co-founder of the #HalfMyDAF movement. Jen and her husband David (CEO of Worldreader) founded the #HalfMyDAF movement in 2020 to incentivize donors who have DAF accounts to distribute more money from their giving accounts more quickly to make greater impact right now.Jen and I sat down to talk about why she and David launched the #HalfMyDAF movement, how nonprofits can and should engage with DAF donors, and what the role of financial institutions is in the DAF giving ecosystem. We also talk about the growing pool of matching funds that #HalfMyDAF is making available in 2021 to incentivize more DAF giving account holders to spend down at least 50% of their DAF holdings -- you won't want to miss this opportunity!Every nonprofit needs to be paying attention to donors who are giving through their DAF accounts. Jen and David Risher will be joining my friend Jack Doyle, President of Amergent (a Moore company) for a FREE webinar called #HalfMyDAF and the future of Donor Advised Funds on March 9 at 12pm Central Time (US and Canada). I invite you to join them for this free webinar that will provide a TON of value!

When Jennifer Risher joined Microsoft in 1991, she met her husband, and with him became an extra-lucky beneficiary of the dot-com boom. By their early thirties, they had tens of millions of dollars. Today, there are millions of people like her. Jennifer's thought-provoking, personal story includes the voices of others in her demographic and explores the hidden impact of wealth on identity, relationships, and sense of place in the world. At a time when income inequality is a huge problem, our country's economic system is broken, and money is still a taboo subject even among those closest to us, this engaging, introspective memoir is essential reading: a catalyst for conversation that demystifies wealth and inspires us to connect. Valeria Teles interviews Jennifer Risher — The author of We Need To Talk: A Memoir About Wealth Jennifer's book tells her story of getting lucky and explores the impact of wealth on identity, relationships, and sense of place in the world. Jennifer and her husband, David, have two daughters and live in San Francisco, where David is CEO of Worldreader, a nonprofit he co-founded with a mission to create a world where everyone is a reader. In May 2020, Jennifer and David launched #HalfMyDAF to inspire more charitable giving. Jennifer hopes to get us talking about money as a way to help us connect and learn from each other. She also wants to fight income inequality and shake up the status quo. To learn more about Jennifer Risher and her work please visit: http://jenniferrisher.com/   — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life to the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

Back in the 1990s, Jennifer Risher went to work at Microsoft and met her husband, and when they were expecting their first child, her husband decided to go to work for an entrepreneur who had an audacious dream to sell books online. As part of this transition, they walked away from valuable Microsoft stock options in exchange for stock options in this high-risk business. Jennifer covers this adventure and many others during our conversation. And, if you have not figured it out yet, the business her husband joined was a little-known company at the time called Amazon. Jennifer is the author of “We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth,” which tells her story and explores the impact of wealth on identity, relationships and sense of place in the world. She was born in Seattle, Washington, grew up in Oregon and graduated from Connecticut College. She joined Microsoft in 1991, where she worked as a recruiter and then as a product manager. She and her husband David have two daughters and live in San Francisco, where David is CEO of Worldreader, a nonprofit he cofounded offering digital reading programs to keep kids learning. When COVID hit, Jennifer and David launched the #HalfMyDAF challenge to inspire more charitable giving. During the course of the Money Tales interviews, our guests talk about areas of personal finance that we believe listeners might want to learn more about. In this episode of Money Tales, the financial insight is about stock options. Stick around to the end for this financial insight.

Back in the 1990s, Jennifer Risher went to work at Microsoft and met her husband, and when they were expecting their first child, her husband decided to go to work for an entrepreneur who had an audacious dream to sell books online. As part of this transition, they walked away from valuable Microsoft stock options in exchange for stock options in this high-risk business.  Jennifer covers this adventure and many others during our conversation. And, if you have not figured it out yet, the business her husband joined was a little-known company at the time called Amazon.  Jennifer is the author of “We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth,” which tells her story and explores the impact of wealth on identity, relationships and sense of place in the world. She was born in Seattle, Washington, grew up in Oregon and graduated from Connecticut College. She joined Microsoft in 1991, where she worked as a recruiter and then as a product manager. She and her husband David have two daughters and live in San Francisco, where David is CEO of Worldreader, a nonprofit he cofounded offering digital reading programs to keep kids learning. When COVID hit, Jennifer and David launched the #HalfMyDAF challenge to inspire more charitable giving. During the course of the Money Tales interviews, our guests talk about areas of personal finance that we believe listeners might want to learn more about. In this episode of Money Tales, the financial insight is about stock options. Stick around to the end for this financial insight.Learn more about Money Tale$ > Subscribe to the podcast Recent episodes Form CRS Form ADV Terms of Use Privacy Rights and Responsibilities

The following is a conversation between David and Jennifer Risher, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. In this interview, David and Jennifer Risher share the following: • $120 billion are in Donor-Advised Funds • Creating a nudge and incentive for account holders to support struggling organizations • How nonprofits are promoting this idea