Ella Vincent

Ella Vincent is a staff writer for Kiplinger Personal Finance who has written about finance for five years. She currently writes for the Family Money, Basics, and Credit/Yields columns.

Ella graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Ella started in finance writing as a freelancer and interviewed female financial experts. She focused on covering topics related to empowering women with their finances. Ella wrote about stocks and company earnings reports as a writer for IG Group and Motley Fool. Ella wrote about personal finance topics such as retirement, employment, and credit for Yahoo Finance. Those articles reached hundreds of thousands of readers online and were shared widely on social media. She was lauded by the Certified Financial Board for her article highlighting the growing diversity of the financial planner profession. She was also noted by Aspiritech, an autism spectrum organization that helps people find employment, for her article highlighting workers with autism. In addition to writing about finance, Ella enjoys reading, watching basketball games ( especially her hometown Chicago Bulls) and going to concerts. She also enjoys spending time with her family and doing charitable work with various non-profit organizations.