Carla Cargle is the Founder and CEO of The Financial Truth with Carla Cargle and the highly regarded Genesis One Wealth Builders. She is widely known and acknowledged for her expertise in the financial services and financial empowerment industries, as well as her spiritually rooted approach and commitment to empowering people to build long-term generational wealth and achieve true financial independence in their lifetimes.
A native of Gary, Indiana, and long-term resident of the Houston, TX metro area, Carla is a proud Finance graduate of Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, and a respected author and speaker in her field. Carla wrote and developed the award-winning economic empowerment program “Know Your Money” for the National Urban League underwritten by The Altria Corporation. Best-selling book series, The Financial Truth™, written and published by Carla, include “Your Mind, Your Mouth, and Your Money”, “The Road to Wealth Begins with You”, and “Humble, Wise, and Wealthy Living”.
Lauded by audiences and clients alike for her inspirational lectures and engaging workshops, Carla has leveraged her considerable stage presence and appeal to help others achieve their financial goals. She has appeared as a guest, written for and/or been quoted on numerous noteworthy media outlets, networks and news programs, among them CBS MoneyWatch, ABC13 Houston, TX, CW39 Houston, TX plus EBONY, Black Enterprise, Jet and UPSCALE magazines. She further is the former host of the internationally acclaimed internet talk radio show “The Financial Truth with Carla Cargle.”
With her stated mission being to “positively transform ones ‘ mindset and financial state of being to be wealthy and live the abundant life;’ Carla is committed to ‘Building Wealth 4 All”.
She is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and formerly served on the Unity of Houston Board of Directors.