Uplift: HBCU Grad helps members open 3,000+ accounts to invest over $7.4 million, reaching users in 24 countries.

Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Ashley M. Fox.

Ashley M. Fox is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Empify, a leading fintech company dedicated to democratizing financial education. Fox is a former Wall Street analyst, a Howard University graduate, and an expert in her field as a Financial Education Specialist. Building upon her career managing portfolios for high-net-worth individuals, Fox founded Empify to empower the 99% that Wall Street overlooks with the tools to build generational wealth including investing courses, estate planning, retirement planning, and more. Fox has earned numerous accolades including her recognition as one of Black Enterprise’s 2024 40 Under 40 awardees. She was also named as a Black Woman Trailblazer for her groundbreaking work in financial education at the 2024 Hallmark Mahogany Honors. A frequent keynote speaker at international events, her story and expertise have been featured on prominent media outlets, including Jim Cramer’s “The Street,” Yahoo Finance, CNBC, Inc. Magazine, Afrotech, Business Insider, Fox News, ABC, Huffington Post, Glamour Magazine, and Forbes.

Company Description *
Empify, named by merging the words EMPower and modIFY, revolutionizes how users learn to build wealth. The company’s membership-based WealthBuilders Community app, widely referenced as the “Netflix of Finance,” simplifies financial concepts through its life-alternating programs and digital content designed to remove fear around investing. Since inception, Empify has equipped millions of individuals with the tools to build wealth and has enabled tens of thousands of adults and children to become first-time investors. Its educational programs have been implemented in hundreds of schools, prison systems, and organizations across the United States and over 20 countries including the School District of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, US Bank, Essence, and Google. Underscoring its impact, Empify was ranked in the top 50 companies in the Financial Services category for Inc. Magazine’s 5000 Fast-Growing Companies list, securing an overall ranking of #652 in August 2024.

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