About The Affluent Woman Blog

When Derek was just 16 years old his father died, leaving behind his mother with two kids, no job, no insurance, no financial plan and little savings. It was this shocking life event that inspired Derek to become fanatically obsessed with financial planning and helping to prevent others from enduring what his mother had to.

This blog is dedicated to helping wealthy women take charge of their financial lives. The topics discussed here will be for those who are more sophisticated than most and are beyond the “what’s a FICO Score” stage of their financial education and literacy.  This is for woman who have a high net worth, and want to learn how to avoid the pitfalls of managing great wealth AND making sure that you keep it.  For as we all know, getting money is just have the battle, holding on to it, is the other half.