Jay Zigmont

Change Agent, Entrepreneur, Finance professional, Idea generator, Inventor, Startup, Writer/Editor

Dr. Jay Zigmont, PhD, MBA, CFP®, is a TEDx speaker, cultural economist, and the leading expert on the Childfree Economy—the multi-trillion-dollar economic and social shift driven by the 25% of Americans without children. He is the founder of Childfree Trust® and Childfree Wealth. Childfree Wealth® is an SEC RIA dedicated to serving Childfree people. Childfree Trust® enables Childfree people to appoint a trust company to serve as their medical POA, financial POA, executor and trustee, effectively acting as their next of kin. Dr. Jay is the author of the books “Portraits of Childfree Wealth” and “The Childfree Guide to Life and Money.” Dr Jay is a co-host of the Childfree Life By Design podcast. His Ph.D. is in Adult Learning from the University of Connecticut. He has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, MarketWatch, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Business Insider, CNBC, and many other publications. In 2023, he was named a “Rising Star” by Financial Planning. In 2025 he was named one of the Top 100 Money Experts by GoBankingRates.

How being Childfree impacts life and finances. 25% of the US is living a life without kids and will never have kids and they are shifting the world around us.

Childfree People, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Life Planning