Sabrina Lamb
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Financial Educator · Fintech Founder & CEO · Author

Sabrina Lamb

KeynotesPanelsFireside ChatsModerating

Financial education should move people beyond managing money—to owning, investing, and building wealth.

Founder & CEO of Wekeza and WorldofMoney.org. NAACP Image Award-nominated author of six books, speaking worldwide from New York City.

Sabrina Lamb, founder and CEO of Wekeza, in the boardroom.
15,000+Young people reached
20+Years teaching financial capability
6Books published
NASDAQ closing bell

Speaking

Book the founder who used to do stand-up.

Substance, storytelling, humor, and actionable financial insight — in that order.

She builds the programs as well as delivering them: Sabrina is Curriculum Designer & Financial Education Coach at Edyoucore, which serves professional athletes and entertainers — one end of a range that starts at pre-K.

Sabrina Lamb speaking at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, both hands raised mid-keynote.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture · The New York Public Library, Harlem

Signature topics

01
From Financial Literacy to Financial Ownership

Moving families from knowing about money to owning assets.

02
Building Financially Confident Families

School-community partnerships that build money habits across generations.

03
Do I Look Like An ATM?

A parent's survival guide to raising financially responsible children.

04
The Future of Financial Inclusion Is Global

Multilingual fintech and capital access across the U.S., Africa, and the Diaspora.

05
Raising the Next Generation of Wealth Builders

Preparing young people to be confident savers, investors, and entrepreneurs.

06
Building Fintech With Purpose

Technology, regulation, and underserved markets — lessons from Wekeza.

07
Entrepreneurship, Resilience & the Long Game

Setbacks, capital, partnerships, and staying committed to the vision.

Available for

Conferences Corporate Events Financial Institutions Fireside Chats Keynotes Media Commentary Moderating Panels Schools & Universities Sports & Entertainment Organizations

Selected stages

Atlanta Black Chambers · Go Global Black Ambition Black Enterprise Women of Power Black Stars Experience Boston Federal Reserve Festival of the Diaspora Fintech Islands Fintech South Haiti Tech Summit Harlem Tech Summit Money20/20 Seamless Africa · Nairobi Silicon Harlem Yale Black Venture Summit

“Investing is the moment your money stops only serving today and starts working for your tomorrow.”

Sabrina Lamb
Sabrina Lamb testifying before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
Testifying before Congress. U.S. House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
Sabrina Lamb at the NASDAQ podium, with the WorldofMoney logo on the exchange's screens behind her.
Four-time NASDAQ closing bell host — with WorldofMoney students.

The work right now

Wekeza

Learn. Invest. Connect. Prosper.

Education tells you what a share is. It doesn't buy you one. Wekeza connects financial education to real access — fractional and whole shares in U.S. public companies starting at $1, in seven languages.

Techstars Tulsa alum (2025). Currently in the African Diaspora Network ABLE accelerator, 2026 cohort. Partnered with Mastercard, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, and Tulsa's Opportunity Project.

EnglishFrançaisKiswahiliHausaWolofisiZuluKreyòl Ayisyen
Sabrina Lamb in the Wekeza offices beside the company logo and tagline.
$1Minimum investment
7Languages
Pre-KWhere learning starts
3Continents served
Planet Wekeza Podcast artwork featuring Sabrina Lamb and the Wekeza logo.

Podcast

Planet Wekeza

Money, business, and investing — in plain language.

The show where the financial conversation finally sounds like one you'd want to be part of.

MoneyBusinessInvesting

The Arc

Four careers. One argument.

That money is a language — and people learn it fastest in a voice they recognize.
Flyer for The Saga of Marissa Alexander, written and performed by Sabrina Lamb, directed by Gretchen Cryer, at the Cherry Lane Theatre main stage.
The Saga of Marissa Alexander
Written & performed by Sabrina Lamb · Directed by Gretchen Cryer · Cherry Lane Theatre main stage
IThe Stage

Stage, screen & radio

Professional actor, stand-up comedian, and playwright. NBC's Saturday Night Live, BET's ComicView, CNN, and Lifetime's Girls Night Out. Her one-woman play The Saga of Marissa Alexander reached the Cherry Lane main stage after sold-out performances at the United Solo Theater Festival.

IIThe Page

Six books

Do I Look Like An ATM? earned an NAACP Image Award nomination and made the case that money talk belongs at the kitchen table. The newest titles are for children.

IIIThe Classroom

WorldofMoney.org

Founded 2005. More than 15,000 young people taught on five principles:

LearnEarnSaveInvestDonate

◆ Motley Fool — Best Overall Financial Literacy App

IVThe Market

Wekeza

From teaching the market to opening it — the through-line of the first three careers, built into a company.

Books

Written to be read out loud at the dinner table.

Cover of Do I Look Like an ATM? by Sabrina Lamb.

Parenting & Money · NAACP Image Award Nominee

Do I Look Like an ATM?

A parent's guide to raising financially responsible African American children.

Read on Amazon →
Cover of Save Up, Fly High! Donovan's Dream Adventure by Sabrina Lamb.

Children's · Available now

Save Up, Fly High!

Donovan's Dream Adventure — the first money lesson, told as an adventure. Illustrated by Rajhean Rodriques.

Read on Amazon →
Cover of The $5,000 Idea: How To Be An Eleven-Year-Old Boss by Sabrina Lamb.

Children's · Coming soon

The $5,000 Idea

How to be an eleven-year-old boss. What an idea is worth, and why nobody is too young to own something.

Get launch updates →
Cover of A Kettle of Vultures by Sabrina Lamb, published under the Zane Presents imprint.

Fiction · Satire · Zane Presents

A Kettle of Vultures

. . . left beak marks on my forehead. A satirical novel with the timing of a stand-up set.

Read on Amazon →
Also by Sabrina Celebrity Elect — out of print

Press & Media

Everything an event organizer needs.

Headshot of Sabrina Lamb.

Headshot · high-res on request

Stage introRead aloud

Sabrina Lamb is a financial educator, fintech entrepreneur, and author. She is the founder and CEO of Wekeza and of WorldofMoney.org — and a former stand-up comedian. Please welcome Sabrina Lamb.

Full bio~170 words

Sabrina Lamb is a financial educator, fintech entrepreneur, author, and nationally recognized advocate for expanding access to financial knowledge and wealth-building opportunities. She is the founder and CEO of Wekeza, a multilingual fintech platform connecting financial education with access to investing, and the founder and CEO of WorldofMoney.org, the nonprofit she launched in 2005, which has reached more than 15,000 young people through education centered on five principles: Learn, Earn, Save, Invest, Donate. A 2025 Techstars Tulsa alum, currently a member of the 2026 cohort of the African Diaspora Network's Accelerating Business Leadership and Entrepreneurship (ABLE) accelerator, and four-time NASDAQ closing bell host, she created a financial literacy app recognized by The Motley Fool as Best Overall Financial Literacy App, has testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, and is the NAACP Image Award-nominated author of six books. She is also Curriculum Designer and Financial Education Coach at Edyoucore, which serves professional athletes and entertainers, and hosts the Planet Wekeza podcast on money, business, and investing.

Honors

NY1 · New Yorker of the Week NBC News / TheGrio 100 Essence · 50 Women Who Made Us Proud Rainbow PUSH / Wall Street Project Honors National Black MBA NY Metro · Entrepreneur of the Year BDPA Small Business Innovator Award Who's Who in Black New York

Featured in

The New York Times · The Washington Post · Forbes · Ebony · Essence · CNBC · CNN · Fox Business · NPR · HuffPost · The Daily Beast · The Root · TheGrio · New York Post · Rolling Out · Tom Joyner Morning Show · WBLS-FM

Sabrina Lamb with a WorldofMoney student and anchor Becky Quick on the set of CNBC's On the Money.
CNBC's On the Money with Becky Quick — with a WorldofMoney student.

Selected coverage

What partners say

Ask the people who've worked with her.

"In Ms. Lamb, I saw what real leadership consists of. From scratch, she has created an impactful organization, still the only one of its kind in New York City. I recommend her highly as an innovator and visionary leader."
Gale A. Brewer Manhattan Borough President
The City of New York
"Her passion and vision to impact young lives was visible to all who heard her speak. In less than a year, World of Money was in partnership with the Nairobi Securities Exchange and the University of Nairobi."
Nathalie Ngatia, MBA Head of Alliances & Strategic Partnerships
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya
"After getting to know the very impressive kids in the program, it was easy to realize how they got to that point — it was thanks to Sabrina's vision and hard work."
Mercedes Garcia Master Your Card
Mastercard
"A consummate deal-maker, always with the right spirit and positive energy that is so rare in business. Any collaboration with Ms. Lamb is a win for your organization."
Brian Peterkin Deputy Director
Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corp.

Booking & media inquiries

Let's get a date on the calendar.

Keynotes, panels, fireside chats, and moderating — worldwide, from New York City.

Fee range, speaker one-sheet, and high-resolution photos available on request.

Speaking Engagements kclark@kbcspeaks.com
Company wekeza.com
Nonprofit worldofmoney.org