Caroline Wozniacki has made it by every measure. She is a successful and wealthy young woman. However, she still values and uses the advice her father gave her about money when she was a child. She wrote a touching letter to her younger self that was published on The Player’s Tribune. In it, she recalled morning drives to the tennis club with her dad. She starts the letter: Caroline Wozniacki was born in Denmark in 1990 into a family of athletes. Her parents are Polish immigrants, her mother was a member of the Polish women’s volleyball team and her father played professional association football. Her older brother, Patrik Wozniacki, is a professional footballer for IF Skjold Birkerød in Denmark. Let me just start off by saying, Dad was right. He just was. Point blank. And now, finally, you realize it." In her letter, Caroline continued to tell her 11-year-old self to listen to dear old dad. One of the things her dad pressed young Caroline to plan for was money. She also wrote that her father helped her to understand the value in being frugal and making sure she had a safety net. He urged her to think carefully about how she spends her money. “… he’s always warned you about the dangers of high-risk investments, he’ll be excited to hear about your interest in something more secure. ‘If you’re smart,’ Dad will say, ‘You will always, at the very least, know that you’ll have a roof over your head.’” Wozniacki will allow herself one indulgence: a Ferrari. She continues: It sounds like this young woman has a good head on her shoulders!
