The Exit: Selling LearnVest for $375 Million
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Alexa Von Tobel started thinking about money after her dad died when she was young. By the time she got her first job out of college, she was horrified to learn that there weren’t any financial resources online. So she built LearnVest – one of the first companies to help young people manage their money online – and sold it to Northwestern Mutual for $375 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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