Kyla Scanlon
Kyla Scanlon is a social content creator and Founder of the financial education company, Bread. She is a financial commentator and influencer who uses TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube to make financial education fun for young audiences. Fast Company calls Scanlon “the coolest econ nerd on the internet.” She has garnered a wide following on a variety of social media platforms by sharing financial knowledge in quick video segments aimed at the Gen Z audience. Previously, she has also been an investment partner with On Deck, an associate with Capital Group, and a contributing author for Seeking Alpha.
Kyla Scanlon Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Associate
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Investment Partner
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Contributing Editor
Academic History
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B.S., Finance, Economics, and Business Data Analytics
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACT
Scanlon has gone on to take the online content creator world by storm, running a Youtube channel, podcast, newsletter, TikTok, Twitter and Instagram where she shares educational finance content on a near-daily basis.
She has over 423,000 combined followers and subscribers on Instagram, X, TikTok and YouTube.
EARLY CAREER
She served as an Investment Partner at On Deck, where she built a ten-week financial curriculum from scratch and has hosted over 40 discussions with investors across the world.
She served as an Associate at Capital Group, where she conducted macroeconomic analysis and modeled investment strategies.
She also served as a Contributing Author at Seeking Alpha, where she wrote articles primarily about currency, equity, and macroeconomic forces.
She was an Options Trader at tastytrade, focused on market environments through analysis of data and trade approach.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
She has written for or been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, Bloomberg and Fast Company among many.
She has also appeared in Business Insider, Barron's, CNBC, and Real Vision.