Lynnette Khalfani Cox

Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, The Money Coach Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, The Money Coach, is a personal finance expert, television and radio personality, and the author of 12 books, including the New York Times bestseller Zero Debt: The Ultimate Guide to Financial Freedom. Lynnette is a former financial news journalist, who now teaches individuals nationwide how to better manage their finances. She has appeared on hundreds of TV programs, including Oprah, The Talk, Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, The Steve Harvey Show, The Today Show and more. As the CEO of TheMoneyCoach LLC, a financial education company, Lynnette oversees all content, marketing and operational efforts; serves as spokesperson for the company; and is responsible for the overall editorial direction of the company's main consumer site, AskTheMoneyCoach. In 2017, she launched a video-based learning platform called Money Coach University. Money Coach University offers online courses taught by Lynnette on numerous financial topics. Before launching TheMoneyCoach in 2003, Lynnette was a Wall Street Journal reporter for CNBC, where she covered business and personal finance news. Lynnette spent nearly 10 years at Dow Jones & Co. Inc. working as a reporter, bureau chief, deputy managing editor and personal finance editor. Prior to her work at Dow Jones, Lynnette was a correspondent for The Philadelphia Inquirer, a writer and assistant producer for WTXF FOX-TV in Philadelphia, and a writer for the Associated Press in Los Angeles. Lynnette earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of California, Irvine. She also holds a Master of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Southern California. Lynnette lives in New Jersey with her husband and business partner, Earl Cox, and their three children. Follow Lynnette on Twitter themoneycoach or learn more about Lynnette at AskTheMoneyCoach.