Brian Curcio

Brian Curcio is the co-founder of Rapunzl, a financial literacy company that helps students in grades 6–12 build real money skills through a standards-aligned personal finance curriculum, a real-time stock market simulator, and free national scholarship competitions. He co-founded Rapunzl in Chicago in 2018 on a simple conviction: finance shouldn't stay locked in an “Ivory Tower,” reserved for a lucky few — every student deserves to understand money before the world asks them to use it. What started in a single Chicago high school has since reached more than 100,000 students nationwide, with a mission to ensure every student graduates high school financially literate and prepared. Brian was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2023 for his work making financial education accessible in classrooms across the country, and he reviews and shapes the ideas behind Rapunzl's educator resources and blog.