Kevin is a millennial financial expert, an ex-financial advisor, and the founder of wealth education company, BuildingBread. Matthews is a four-time Plutus Award Winner who has managed over $140M in his advisory career in New York City. He has taught over 400,000 investors through online and in-person workshops. He has written for Business Insider and Fortune, among other publications, and has been a featured speaker at Google and Meta.
Most recently, he spoke at the 2024 Black Economic Alliance Town Hall. His advice has been featured in the New York Times best-selling book Get Good With Money by Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche, Broke Millennial by Erin Lowery, and Financial Adulting by Ashley Feinstein. In 2022, he was featured in Wired’s Money Support episode, which currently has over 1 million views. Kevin founded BuildingBread in 2010 with the goal of “making investing simple.”
Since then, he has built a substantial online following and media relationships as a trusted source. Matthews has been quoted numerous times in national publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, US News & World Report, Time, Forbes, and Fortune.