Draft:Simran Kaur

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• Comment: See WP:FORBESCON. Your other references seem to be mainly primary sources, interviews, and thereon helpful material 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 13:05, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

• Comment: This is advertorial rather than an encyclopedia entry. It's also unchecked AI / Chatgpt / LLM material. In addition to the wording and disconnect between article and source, see in particular the first ISBN, which cannot belong to a book published in 2022 by Wiley. ChrysGalley (talk) 21:23, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

Simran Kaur is a New Zealand social entrepreneur, financial education provider, podcaster, and author. She is the founder of a financial education platform called Friends That Invest (previously Girls That Invest), which was launched in 2020.^[1]

Kaur grew up in New Zealand and first studied to become an optometrist, obtaining a Bachelor of Optometry from the University of Auckland.^[2] She worked in optometry, then completed a certificate in Financial Markets through Yale University.^[3]

In 2016 she launched The Indian Feminist, an Instagram-based media project alongside Kaur Virk Harsharin. The account discussed gender roles and social expectations among people of Indian origin living outside India.^{[4] [5]}

In 2020, Kaur and her childhood friend Sonya Gupthan launched the Girls That Invest podcast to educate millennial and Generation Z women on investing and money.^[6] The podcast appeared in top business podcast charts in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.^[7][8][9] The project later expanded into additional digital formats, including online courses and a weekly newsletter covering investing and personal finance.^[10]

In 2022, Kaur published her first book, Girls That Invest^[11] and later that year delivered a TEDx talk titled How Women Can Invest in the Stock Market.^[12]

In March 2023, Kaur was asked to present at an International Women’s Day event held at the UK Houses of Parliament which focused on financial equality.^[13][14]

The platform later rebranded as Friends That Invest.^[15]

In 2026, it was reported that she had achieved her FIRE target by the age of 29.^[16][17]

Kaur’s work involving financial education and social entrepreneurship has earned her recognition. In 2022 she was featured on the Marie Claire Future Shapers list,^[18] and received a spot on the 2023 Asia list in the Content Creators category.^[19] In 2024, she was named the Young New Zealander of the Year in recognition of her contributions to financial education and social entrepreneurship.^[20] The following year Friends That Invest was listed in Deloitte New Zealand’s Fast 50 index.^[21]