Ep 487: From $100k to Millions: Tori Dunlap on Building Wealth That Lasts

HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

Jean Chatzky Her Money

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Women are building wealth like never before and doing it with confidence, strategy, and purpose. In this episode, Jean sits down with Tori Dunlap, founder of Her First $100K and host of the Financial Feminist podcast, to talk all things investing, financial power, and the game-changing “Great Wealth Transfer” that’s already underway. Whether you’re ready to invest for the first time, build better financial systems, or just stop apologizing for your ambition, this episode is for you. What You’ll Learn: Why index funds are Tori’s go-to investment strategy The emotional weight of inheriting money and how to handle it with grace How to set up systems that make your money work for you Smart credit card point strategies that won’t wreck your credit How financial self-care can change your life If more financial confidence sounds good to you, then you might want to try… ⁠4-Week Coaching Program⁠: Identify and understand your spending, build a strategic plan, and take control of your money. ⁠6-Week Pre-Retirement Program⁠: We’ll help you prepare financially and emotionally for this exciting milestone. 📈⁠InvestingFixx⁠: Learn, connect, and start investing—your first month is completely free. 💬 Connect with Tori: herfirst100k.com/quiz 🎙️ Rate and Review: If you loved today’s conversation, please leave us a 5-star review. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I am 99.9% in index funds.
0:05.0	And I think that shocks a lot of people.
0:08.0	Index funds are a great way to invest, especially because they're diversified and they're low cost.
0:13.0	So index funds are a group of stocks.
0:15.0	So rather than trying to cherry pick the hot stock, you can basically choose from, you know, hundreds, if not thousands of different
0:22.4	companies and have the hot stock every time.
0:27.1	Hey, everyone. Thanks so much for joining us today on Her Money. I am Gene Chatsky, and today
0:32.1	we are talking about investing, specifically. We're talking about how women are claiming their seat at the table like
0:39.8	never before building wealth, stepping into our financial power. Because here is the truth.
0:46.6	The great wealth transfer, it's coming. And women are poised to inherit the majority of it.
0:54.5	That means that women need to know how to grow, how to protect, how to own our wealth today
0:59.7	in a way that we've never understood it before.
1:02.9	And my guest today is one of the most powerful voices pushing that movement forward.
1:10.0	Tori Dunlap is the founder of her first 100K and host of the Financial Feminist
1:15.3	podcast.
1:16.6	She preaches what she practices.
1:19.8	That investing is not just an option for women, it's a requirement.
1:24.9	Amen to that.
1:26.4	And the last time we had her on the show back in 2021. She had
1:33.2	hit that first milestone. Well, today she's a multi-millionaire, a business owner, and a leading
1:38.6	advocate for financial feminism. We're going to take a very quick break. Lately, I've been traveling a lot,
1:46.0	speaking at conferences, meeting with teams, logging in from hotel rooms and airports, and
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