This 27-year-old former NYSE trader went from making $12,000 to $650,000 in 4 years

Lauren Simmons, 27, lives in Los Angeles, California and earns $650,000 from a variety of roles from public figure and author to TV and podcast host. At 22, she became the youngest female trader at the New York Stock Exchange, earning just $12,000 per year. Today she is her own boss and is on track to make $1 million in 2022. This is an installment of CNBC Make It's Millennial Money series, which profiles people across the globe and details how they earn, spend and save their money.