Astrid Zehbe has a degree in business administration and has been working as a financial journalist for over 15 years - including for ARD, ZDF, Euro Magazin, Euro am Sonntag and Börse Online. Together with Daniela Meyer, she founded Courage magazine in 2019. In 2021, they founded their publishing house Fresh & Furious, which includes the women's financial brand "finanzielle" with the financial magazine of the same name. They use it to encourage women to take their finances into their own hands. In 2020, Astrid Zehbe was named business journalist of the year in the consumer journalism category, and in 2022 she was named best female editor-in-chief. The first women's financial magazine in Germany, which she co-founded, was awarded the Bavarian Print Prize in 2021 for its innovative idea. As a journalist, she is the co-author and ghostwriter of numerous books, including the Spiegel bestseller "Unlock it".