‘Your Rich BFF’ Vivian Tu Shares Her Favorite Personal Finance Tips
NEW YORK (AP) — Are you intimidated by personal finance? Vivian Tu wants to help. Tu is known for her TikTok account, “Your Rich BFF,” where she makes entertaining videos about personal finance. Topics include how to negotiate your salary and practical tips for dealing with credit card debt. Tu, who refers to herself as “your favorite Wall Street girly,” has 10 million followers on social media and has published two personal finance books. Tu, born and raised in Baltimore, often connects her interest in personal finance to her upbringing as the daughter of Chinese immigrants. Her parents raised her to be frugal and appreciate money from an early age, but it wasn’t until a few years into her corporate career that she realized she had a passion for the topic. Tu graduated from the University of Chicago and then began her career as a trader for JPMorgan in New York. After leaving Wall Street, she worked in sales at BuzzFeed for a couple of years. In late 2021, Tu started her TikTok account, which …
