Lesley-Anne Scorgie is a Canadian author, speaker and personal finance consultant based in Calgary, Alberta. She published her first book titled Rich by Thirty: A Young Adult’s Guide to Financial Success in 2007 followed by a second book in 2010. Scorgie released her latest book titled Well-Heeled: The Smart Girl’s Guide to Getting Rich in 2014. In 2011, she was the winner of the Top 40 Under 40 in Avenue a Calgary-based magazine and she was also featured in Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada in the Future Leaders category by Alberta's Women's Executive Network. Early life and education Scorgie was born in Toronto and raised in Calgary. She credits her parents for teaching her about finances and saving. She received her first allowance, a quarter, when she was three. On her 10th birthday, she purchased her first Canada Savings Bond from $100 that she received from her grand parents and decided to save nearly whatever she earned hoping to become financially successful by 25. While she was in high school, she worked at the Calgary Public Library and invested the majority of her earnings into mutual funds and stocks. When she was young, her family faced financial problems which inspired her to learn about saving. Having a job at the library helped her in reading about finance and investments. She purchased her first mutual fund at 14. According to Scorgie, she became financially literate by reading every Warren Buffett book and getting professional investment advice. Her parents told her that she would have to pay for her college so she started saving. However, when she joined University of Alberta, her savings partly covered her tuition and she had to get loans to pay for the rest. Scorgie graduated from the University of Alberta in 2005 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in marketing and finance. In 2012, she graduated from the Queen's School of Business with an MBA. Career She took her first job at the Calgary Public Library when she was in high school and invested the majority of her earnings into mutual funds and stocks. While she was attending the University of Alberta, she worked at the Royal Bank of Canada for four years. She is the founder and owner of Rich By Inc., the Calgary-based company under which she writes and speaks about financial literacy. She is also a Finance Analyst with EnCana Corporation in