Effie Zahos
Effie Zahos | |
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| Born | Wollongong, NSW, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Citizenship | Australia |
| Alma mater | University of Queensland |
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| Title | Editor-at-Large Canstar |
Effie Zahos is an Australian finance commentator, editor, author and financial literacy advocate who lives in Sydney.
She is currently the Nine Network breakfast program Today's money expert, as well as Editor-at-Large of financial comparison website Canstar[1].
She is the author of three books[2]: A Real Girl’s Guide to Money: From Converse to Louboutins; Ditch the Debt and Get Rich and children’s financial literacy book The Great $20 Adventure.
Career
Zahos began her career in finance journalism in 1997 as head researcher of Nine Network show Money (Australian TV program)|Money[3], a financial and investment program hosted by Paul Clitheroe.
She helped establish Money magazine in 1999 off the back of the series[4].
In 2009, Zahos presented the Nine Network television series Money for Jam (TV series). It also featured Paul Clitheroe and Nine Network personalities Shelley Craft and Shane Crawford as presenters.
In 2016, as Money magazine editor, Effie partnered with the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) to launch Super Booster Day[5], a campaign encouraging Australians to make additional superannuation contributions in preparation for retirement.
Zahos left her position as editor of Money magazine in 2019[6]. This followed the publication’s sale from Bauer Media to financial services information company Rainmaker Group[7]. She stayed at Bauer as a finance editor, commentator and financial literacy campaigner[8].
In August 2019, she became Editor-at-Large of Canstar, a financial comparison site[9]. She launched the 8-Week Money Makeover with Effie Zahos money challenge[10].
In 2021, Canstar announced the launch of its podcast series, Real Money with Effie Zahos, which Zahos hosts[11].
She is currently Nine Network’s Today (Australian TV program) program’s money expert, where she presents a finance segment in the morning.
She is an advocate for financial literacy[12] and sits on the board of directors at Ecstra, a not-for-profit organisation that builds the financial wellbeing of Australians[13]. She is also a director of InvestSMART[14].
Zahos has spoken at events like Business Chicks[15] and events featuring notable University of Queensland alumni[16].
Books
- The Great $20 Adventure[17] (2015)
- A Real Girl’s Guide to Money: From Converse to Louboutins[18] (2019)
- Ditch the Debt and Get Rich[19] (2021)
References
- ↑ "On the Money: money and kids". ABC. 2022-04-10. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ↑ Keane, Anthony (2021-02-02). "Positive steps to destroy your debt and become an investor". The Advertiser. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
- ↑ "Get Finance Fit: Financial goal setting for 2022 (online)". alumni.uq.edu.au. 2021-03-25. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ↑ "Effie Zahos". Money magazine. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ↑ Chung, Frank (2016-07-08). "Super funds launch pledge drive". News.com.au. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ↑ "Goodbye and thank you: farewell from Effie Zahos". Money magazine. 2019-03-23. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ Vitorovich, Lilly (2019-03-21). "Bauer Media sells Money magazine to Rainmaker Group". The Australian. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ↑ Blackiston, Hannah (2019-03-21). "Bauer Media announces sale of Money magazine to Rainmaker". Mumbrella. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ Blackiston, Hannah (2019-08-28). "Bauer's Effie Zahos and Money magazine's Maria Bekiaris join Canstar". Mumbrella. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ "Small changes which could save you $27,000 a year". www.9news.com.au. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ "Podcast Week: Antoinette Lattouf, Australia's biggest podcast advertisers + more". Mediaweek. 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Wells, Darren (2021-06-02). "Finance leaders call for increased financial literacy and warn of 'significant potential risks'". Mumbrella. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ "Ecstra Foundation | About | Our people". Ecstra Foundation. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ "Effie Zahos: Why I joined the board - Let's make change!". InvestSMART. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ "How to be financially independent at any age". Business Chicks. 2020-07-01. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ "Get Finance Fit: Financial goal setting for 2022 (online)". alumni.uq.edu.au. 2021-03-25. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ "On the Money: money and kids". ABC. 2022-04-10. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ Elsworth, Sophie (2019-03-06). "The situation that cost Effie Zahos's family everything and made her learn about money". Herald Sun. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ↑ February 06; 2021 - 12:08pm (2021-02-06), ‘Ditch the Debt and Get Rich Quick’: new book on taking control of your finances, retrieved 2022-06-01
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