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Paula E. Nelson (born December 30, 1945) is an American author and business consultant. She was an on-air contributor to NBC-TV's "The Today Show" and co-anchor at CNN Business News. Her books include The Joy of Money: The Guide to Women’s Financial Freedom (Bantam), Paula Nelson’s Guide to Getting Rich (Putnam/Berkeley), and Where to Get Money for Everything (William Morrow). She co-authored Soar With Your Strengths: A Simple Yet Revolutionary Philosophy of Business and Management (Bantam). A columnist for McCall's and Cosmopolitan magazines, Nelson's articles about money and business also appeared in Newsweek, Bottom Line, Harper’s Bazaar, and Reader’s Digest. She lectures in the United States and abroad on capital solutions, business performance, entrepreneurship, and communications.

Early Life
Nelson was born on December 30, 1945 in Santa Monica, California.

Career
After co-founding three high-tech electronic equipment companies before age 30, Nelson wrote The Joy of Money: The Guide to Women’s Financial Freedom (Bantam). This led to her joining "The Today Show" on NBC-TV, where she became the first female financial commentator on network television. At CNN Business News, she was a financial correspondent, co-anchor for "Business Day" and "Business Morning," and wrote the daily "Your Money" segments. She is the author of Paula Nelson’s Guide to Getting Rich (Putnam/Berkeley) and Where to Get Money for Everything (William Morrow). She co-authored with Donald O. Clifton Soar With Your Strengths: A Simple Yet Revolutionary Philosophy of Business and Management (Bantam), a global bestseller that was translated into 10 languages. Nelson was profiled in magazines (People, Saturday Evening Post) and newspapers (Dallas Morning News, Detroit Free Press, San Jose Mercury News). In addition to her expertise in business, Nelson is an advocate and educator in the fields of suicide prevention, economic rights for women and minorities, and social entrepreneurship.