Money, success and unshakeable resilience: 4 generations discuss their visions of the American Dream
Vivian Tu started her career seeking quantifiable wins. "What can I do to be so conventionally successful to maybe spite a hater or spite someone who didn't believe in me?" says the Wall Street trader-turned media personality behind her financial education brand Your Rich BFF. Now, the 32-year-old measures her achievements in being able to do meaningful work and repaying the effort her parents poured into her.
- ▪Vivian Tu started her career seeking quantifiable wins.
- ▪"What can I do to be so conventionally successful to maybe spite a hater or spite someone who didn't believe in me?" says the Wall Street trader-turned media personality behind her financial education brand Your Rich BFF.
- ▪Now, the 32-year-old measures her achievements in being able to do meaningful work and repaying the effort her parents poured into her.
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| Publication time | Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:44:31 GMT |
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Vivian Tu started her career seeking quantifiable wins. "What can I do to be so conventionally successful to maybe spite a hater or spite someone who didn't believe in me?" says the Wall Street trader-turned media personality behind her financial education brand Your Rich BFF. Now, the 32-year-old measures her achievements in being able to do meaningful work and repaying the effort her parents poured into her. Gail Rudnick, 84, says she's on her second round of living her biggest dreams, first raising a tight-knit family, and now kickstarting a new career as a content creator and podcast co-host with her granddaughter, Kim Murstein, 30.Sylvia Kwan, 62, says her American Dream has been rewriting the scripts of her life and going after goals she didn't think were possible, like becoming CEO…
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