‘Spend money on good debts’: Dubai CEO reveals long-term plans for building personal wealth

‘Spend money on good debts’: Dubai CEO reveals long-term plans for building personal wealth

Nada El Gazzar. Photo by Neeraj Murali

Published: Wed 10 Apr 2024, 5:11 PM

Nada El Gazzar has been in the UAE for 17 years and is now heading UpskillX Advisory & Coaching. The 38-year-old Egyptian expat has a holistic attitude towards money, understanding its impact not only on her financial well-being but the physical and mental benefits it has on her life as a whole.

How would you describe your relationship to money?

Money is essential for meeting our basic needs and to obtain the things we need to survive. Money also plays a significant role in education. The key to creating a healthy relationship with money is to treat it like you would any other relationship, with love, honesty, and time. By investing in your relationship with money, you’re investing in yourself. And that’s something to be proud of.

How do you think this relationship was formed?

I started doing many corporate internships during my school years at the German School in Egypt and started my first job at 17 during my college days. I learnt a lot from my daily communication at work and frequent discussions about money.

If you had to write a letter to money, what would you say?

Dear Money, I am