Scott Pape OAM (born 1978)[citation needed] is an author, television presenter and radio commentator focused on personal finance.
Scott Pape grew up in Ouyen, Victoria, where he held odd jobs – once being paid by his father with a single BHP share.
In 2004, Pape wrote a book, The Barefoot Investor: Five Steps to Financial Freedom, which was released in Australia in November of that year.
[citation needed] In 2018, Pape released a financial book aimed at children's finance titled The Barefoot Investor for Families.
[6] Pape writes a weekly syndicated column on the topics of personal finance and wealth management that appears in the Courier Mail, Herald Sun, Adelaide Advertiser, Hobart Mercury, The Sunday Times, and Daily Telegraph.