Enlightened Bottom Line: Exploring the Intersection of Spirituality, Business, and Investing

What if business and investing could be rooted in the deepest values of the human spirit?

In her groundbreaking book Enlightened Bottom Line, Jenna Nicholas explores the powerful intersection of spirituality, business, and investing--an intersection too often overlooked in a world driven by profit alone. Drawing on moving stories of entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders who are living out this integration, along with cutting-edge research, Nicholas reveals how spiritual wisdom can guide ethical choices in finance and business.

Unlike other books on business or investing, Enlightened Bottom Line is not just about strategies, numbers, or policies. It is about reimagining what wealth, success, and leadership can truly mean when guided by purpose, compassion, and integrity. It offers readers concrete frameworks and real-world examples to align their financial decisions with their deepest beliefs.

This book is for leaders, investors, entrepreneurs, changemakers, and anyone seeking to make their work and money matter--people who feel the tension between striving for success and yearning for meaning. Readers will walk away not only with tools and insights, but also with a renewed sense of hope: that business and investing can serve as vehicles for healing, justice, and spiritual growth.

At its heart, this is more than a book about money or management--it is an invitation to transform how we live, work, and lead.

Jenna Nicholas is an investor, entrepreneur, and author. She is an active member of the Bahá'í Faith and passionate about inspiring readers to invest with purpose. As president of Light-Post Capital, an investment and acquisition firm, and CEO of Impact Experience, she has led initiatives that bridge climate, health care, education, and investing for social good. Nicholas's work as an angel investor has supported innovative ventures, and she has championed global coalitions, shifting billions of dollars toward sustainable solutions. Her experience spans roles at the World Bank Treasury and Calvert Special Equities, and she has shared her journey on the TEDx stage. She has been recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur, a Council on Foreign Relations member, a PD Soros fellow, a Stanford Social Innovation fellow, and an Echoing Green fellow, and holds BA and MBA degrees from Stanford, in addition to having studied at Oxford. Nicholas lived in Beijing for several years, where she taught at Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management. She has been featured in the New York Times, Financial Times, and Forbes, among other publications.