Money with Carla

‘When I grow up, I want to be rich!’ – Carla Venter at ten years old.Growing up in Volksrust on a strict family budget, Carla never imagined she would one day be managing investments across the world. Her career as a qualified Chartered Accountant and MBA graduate who has worked in South Africa, London and Zurich, set her well on her path to achieving her childhood goal. It has also taught her some valuable lessons and brought her to the realisation that what most of us have been taught about money is wrong – or, at best, incomplete.Since then, she’s built one of South Africa's most followed money platforms and wrote this book as a wealth-building guide that South Africans actually need. Money with Carla covers everything the financial services industry prefers you did not know: from the silent damage of investment fees and why your advisor's Audi is funded by your portfolio, to why the stock market is less risky than your savings account, and why property is rarely the wealth-building machine people think it is.This book is not about money – it's about what money can do for you. Because money, done right, gives you one thing that nothing else can buy: the freedom to choose how you spend your time.

Carla Venter is a Chartered Accountant, MBA graduate and the founder of Money With Carla – one of South Africa's most followed personal finance platforms. She has worked in finance roles across South Africa, the UK, the Netherlands and Switzerland, and started Money With Carla with a single mission: to make smart investing accessible to every South African, regardless of their income or background. She makes free weekly videos and podcasts available on YouTube and Spotify, and has a very engaged audience on Instagram. She lives in Stellenbosch with her husband and two young children.