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How Pejman Ghadimi Is Educating Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs

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Welcome to today’s edition of Better Know a Young Millionaire Investor.  This week I’ll be chatting with Pejman Ghadimi, a self-made millionaire and now a consultant and entrepreneur. Pejman is the founder of Secret Entourage, a platform focused on providing support, motivation, and inspiration to Generation Y entrepreneurs.    He is also the author of The Third […]

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From College Dorm Room Idea To 6 Million Dollar Company

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Today I have the pleasure of introducing Jeff Gawronski, the Founder and CEO of DormCo.com.  Jeff has such an interesting story about starting a business in college, setting it aside for a few years, and then making it super successful after graduation. Jeff graduated from Xavier University in 2001 and actually started working in pharmaceutical sales with […]

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Growing Up On Food Stamps To Millionaire Helping Other Families

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Today I have the pleasure of sitting down with Travis Freeman, who is the President of Four Seasons Financial Education.  He is also a Certified Financial Planner.  But that’s Travis today.  He didn’t grow up with money, and his role models for money were his parents who struggled to get by.  But he didn’t let […]

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Lessons Learned From 28 Year Old Real Estate Mogul Josh Simon

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Welcome to the next installment in our young millionaire series.  Today I have the pleasure of chatting with Josh Simon.  Josh is a 28 year old commercial real estate investor based in Scottsdale, AZ. He got his real estate license and did his first deal when he was 18. He continued doing real estate deals while he graduated […]

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Leaving Medical School to Work on Wall Street with Mark Elliott

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Today I have the pleasure of sitting down with Mark Elliott as part of the next installment of our millionaire investor series.  Mark has such a fascinating story about following his dreams and having to make tough life choices, so I had to share it. Mark is definitely a risk taker.  His story starts with him […]

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From Hacker to Venture Capitalist with Jason Schultz

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Today I’m so excited to introduce Jason Schultz, a self described serial entrepreneur who started off as a hacker in his bedroom in high school.  Since then, he’s gone on to be a part of over 50 companies, and he is continuing to tinker online. I think you’re really going to enjoy Jason’s story because […]

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Launching A Business In College On $500 With Michael Epstein

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Today I’m excited to introduce you to Michael Epstein, a 35 year old millionaire who achieved that status at just 30.  As you know, I love sitting down and talking to awesome and successful people, and Michael is definitely one of those individuals!  The purpose of these interviews is to educate and inform, and of […]

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Meet the Millionaire Who Retired at 27

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Today I’m excited to share the story of Brenton Hayden – a young millionaire who ditched full time work at 27.  You may have seen his story recently on Yahoo Finance, and I wanted to touch base with him and learn a little more about him.  You see, he started a company and turned it […]

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How To Make Millions Trading Penny Stocks with Timothy Sykes

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Penny stocks – it’s one of those investments that either gets you very excited or gets your blood boiling.  For some, it has been a lucrative trading choice. For others, it’s an area that should be avoided at all costs. Well, today I’m really excited to have on a very well known millionaire today, and […]

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Interview with a Dot-Com Millionaire: Alex Genadinik

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Today I wanted to share with you the story of Alex Genadinik, an original dot-com millionaire who lost a lot but made it back in other ways. At 32, he was just 20 when the bubble burst, but that was enough time for him to have made money investing. That gave him a little bit of […]

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Laurie Itkin Made a Million Before Becoming The Options Lady

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Today I wanted to share an interview that I had with Laurie Itkin, who also goes by the name “The Options Lady.” I love Laurie’s story because she works in financial services, and was a millionaire before she turned 40. She started investing when she was 24 years old, and kept it simple though her […]

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21-Year-Old Student Turned Million-Dollar Business Owner

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Today I wanted to share with you the story of Nate Webster as part of the next installment of my Better Know a Young Millionaire series. Nate is 21 years old, and is currently the CEO of Warrior Diamond Inc., based in Pennsylvania. You read that right: 21 and a CEO of a multi-million dollar […]

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Starting a Million Dollar Business While in the Marine Corps

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Welcome to our next installment of Better Know a Young Millionaire.  About twice a month, I sit down with a successful young adult and discuss how they did it, and what they’re doing with their money now.  This week, I sit down with Jeff Morin, who created the website Coins for Anything. The amazing thing […]

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Starting a Million-Dollar Business at 14 with Ava Anderson

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Welcome to the newest installment of Better Know a Young Millionaire. As you know, I love sitting down with young, successful millionaires and discussing how they did it, and trying to take away lessons that we can all learn. The purpose is to inform and inspire, and show you that young adults can be extremely successful! […]

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Better Know a Young Millionaire — Neil Patel of Quick Sprout

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In this week’s installment of the Better Know a Young Millionaire series, I have the pleasure of chatting with Neil Patel from Quick Sprout. If you’ve been in the online marketing space over the last few years, you’ve no doubt heard about Neil. He started a web company called Crazy Egg, where you can see heat maps […]

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Better Know a Young Entrepreneur — Aron Susman

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I’m really excited to share with you this week’s Better Know a Young Entrepreneur. Why? This week is a completely unique story of rising from tragedy to success. As you know, I’ve been sitting down and talking with young entrepreneurs about what they’ve done, how they did it, and what lessons they learned that they can […]

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Better Know a Young Millionaire — Interviewing Alan Corey

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Welcome to this week’s Better Know a Young Millionaire series. Over the last few months, I’ve been sitting down with young millionaires (under 35) to share with you their successes and failures, and what they’re doing with their money right now. The goal is to look at what it takes to be successful, to give […]

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Better Know a Young Millionaire – JC Hite

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Welcome to the next installment of our Better Know a Young Millionaire series.  Remember, every two weeks (or so), I like to highlight a conversation I’ve had with a young millionaire.  I define young as someone who is less than 35 years old, and has over a million dollars net worth – assets minus liabilities.  The […]

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Better Know a Young Millionaire – Nolan Watson

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Welcome to the next installment of Better Know a Young Millionaire.  Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Nolan Watson, the youngest CEO of a NYSE-listed company!  Nolan is the founder and CEO of Sandstorm Gold (SAND), and is only 33 years old.  Prior to founding Sandstorm, Nolan was the CFO of Silver Wheaton (and at […]

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Better Know a Young Millionaire – Ryan Blair

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Welcome to the next installment of better know a young millionaire!  Today, we have the pleasure of interviewing Ryan Blair, who is the CEO & Co-Founder of ViSalus and New York Times bestselling author of Nothing To Lose, Everything To Gain!  Ryan’s book recently reached #1 on the New York Times Bestsller List  for Advice, How-To, […]

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Better Know a Young Millionaire – Ali Maadelat

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Today I have the pleasure of interviewing Ali Maadelat, the President of the Lorenz Marketing Group.  Ali has a great story because, like other young millionaires, he’s only 22 and he’s the founder of a world renowned company and a millionaire!  You can also find Ali on Twitter @AliMaadelat. Hopefully Ali’s story will resonate with […]

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Better Know a Young Millionaire Investor – Jonathan Goldman

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Every few weeks, I sit down and speak to some amazing young millionaires as part of my Better Know a Young Millionaire Series.  These interviews and stories are designed to provide insight and give you motivation to succeed at a young age.  While money in itself doesn’t equate to success, it does show that these […]

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