Immigrant. Started at $0. Bootstrapped to $100M+ in profits & exits. Funded $1.7B of credit. Serial entrepreneur in adtech, music, fintech, jewelry, SaaS, RE.
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Jul 7 • 23 tweets • 4 min read
I made $100m by 32, and retired.
Went from being CEO of 3 companies to 0 companies in a span of months.
My honest experience of retirement at 32.
A thread 👇
After building several successful companies in my 20s, I decided to sell two of them and hand over the CEO role of the remaining company to my co-founder.
I effectively retired to spend time with family.
There's a quote from The Shawshank Redemption that I really like:
May 25 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
Don't give your kids an allowance.
Pay them interest instead.
I made a system that naturally instills the power of compounding and makes them understand money. I've used it for many years.
Here's a thread on how it works, my downloadable worksheet, and the results 👇
At a very young age, I explained to each of my kids the concept of saving money.
However, I told them saving is not the main goal.
Making sure money works for you while you sleep is the most important component.
They were fascinated by money working during sleep.
Apr 11 • 44 tweets • 8 min read
I got rich with ONE strategy.
It worked during every recession for me.
2000, 2008, and 2020.
We are probably in a recession now.
This strategy has worked for thousands of successful businesses and I have research to prove it. Thread 👇
During boom periods CMOs take over and businesses play on offense. They focus on growth.
During recessions, CFOs take over and businesses play on defense. They start to cut costs.
Oct 10, 2024 • 24 tweets • 7 min read
A legend passed away yesterday. This gentleman built a $300B empire and pledged 66% of it to charity.
He owns Jaguar and Range Rover and is a leader in India's airline, Steel, Fashion, Car, and Technology industries.
The greatest philanthropist you've never heard of - Ratan Tata
How is the Tata Group worth $300B?
It has 29 publicly listed companies with a combined valuation of Rs. 23 trillion or $314 Billion.
From fashion to airways & steel to IT, automobiles, chemicals, and hospitality, the TATA group has a public company in every industry.
Aug 17, 2024 • 51 tweets • 9 min read
Look at this kids face.
He was making $500K per cold email sent. Reached half BILLION people per month.
Earned $10M+ profit in the 1st year of the business. Sold it and "retired".
Here's what his business was and how he built it: (this is my story) 👇
It all started in 2006. I had already built a massive Google Ads business from my parent's basement.
I was paid to drive search traffic to advertisers.
It was a solid business that generated many millions in profits, but I didn't like being dependent on Google.
Aug 4, 2024 • 37 tweets • 7 min read
At 19, this kid built a Google Ads business that quickly made over $30 million in profit. The kid is me.
I was the only employee (in a basement).
At one point, I was Google’s 2nd largest advertiser after eBay.
Here’s the story of how I made this happen and what the biz did:
A few years ago, a stack of envelopes w/checks arrived on my bday. They were class action settlement checks.
These were remnants of my first big hustle.
The business was performance marketing. I used paid search to execute it.
That combo just crushed it.
May 22, 2024 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
Don't give your kids an allowance.
Pay them interest instead.
I made a system that naturally instills the power of compounding and makes them understand money. I've used it for many years.
Here's a thread on how it works, my downloadable worksheet, and the results 👇
At a very young age, I explained to each of my kids the concept of saving money.
However, I told them saving is not the main goal.
Making sure money works for you while you sleep is the most important component.
They were fascinated by money working during sleep.
May 10, 2024 • 30 tweets • 7 min read
A legend passed away today. This x-CIA math genius built a quantitative trading fund that earned more than $100 BILLION for investors.
At 66% return/yr, his track record destroys that of Warren Buffet, George Soros, Carl Icahn.
A thread on "Greatest Investor of Wall Street" 👇
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If you'd have put $100 into Jim Simons' Medallion Fund in 1988, it would be $400M+ today.
By contrast,
$100 in the S&P 500 in 1988, would be $2,000 in 2022. (roughly)
Let that sink in.
Apr 17, 2024 • 61 tweets • 9 min read
One company dominates the fine jewelry category in US.
It does $8 BILLION in sales.
6 years ago I started a company to take on this juggernaut.
Here’s how and why I entered the jewelry industry (click here for thread)
The company is Signet and it manages 2,800 locations with 30,000 employees across these stores they own:
Zales
Kay
Jared
Blue Nile
Diamonds Direct
James Allen
Banter/Piercing Pagoda
Rockbox
People's (Canada)
Ernest Jones (UK)
H. Samuel (UK)
Feb 11, 2023 • 24 tweets • 8 min read
Did you know this 85yo gentleman built a $300B empire and pledged 66% of it to charity?
He owns Jaguar and Range Rover and is a leader in India's airline, Steel, Fashion, Car, and Technology industries.
The greatest philanthropist you've never heard of - Ratan Tata
How is the Tata Group worth $300B?
It has 29 publicly listed companies with a combined valuation of Rs. 23 trillion or $314 Billion.
From fashion to airways & steel to IT, automobiles, chemicals, and hospitality, the TATA group has a public company in every industry.
Jan 26, 2023 • 17 tweets • 8 min read
These 15 CIA-funded startups are revolutionizing our lives.
From sophisticated AI systems to sustainable technologies, these startups are making our life easier than ever before 👇
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Satellite Vu | @satellitevu
Launching satellites capable of measuring, identifying, and monitoring heat waste & thermal emissions of any structure on the planet to achieve NET ZERO Emission.
Jan 25, 2023 • 32 tweets • 9 min read
ROLEX, valued at $9 BILLION is the world’s richest NON-PROFIT
Built the world's first waterproof watch, 80 YEARS before Apple did.
After losing his parents, this child, with no money & connections, created the most luxurious watch brand in the world:
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Today, it accounts for ~25% of all Swiss watch sales.
Despite the pandemic, it made $9B in revenue in 2020, & $13B in 2021.
But the CRAZY part, 100% of its stake is owned by a charity foundation - Hans Wilsdorf Foundation.
Jan 20, 2023 • 63 tweets • 9 min read
At 25, I built a company that controlled 2x as many eyeballs as Facebook at the time.
500 MILLION people monthly.
It made $10 MILLION in profit the first year with $0 funding.
How I built it step-by-step, and some valuable tactics you can apply in your business: 🧵
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It all started in 2006. I had already built a massive Google Ads business from my parent's basement.
Companies would hire me to drive search traffic to their website and give me a cut of sales.
Jan 16, 2023 • 32 tweets • 8 min read
This secretive $100B Chinese retailer sells to the whole world, except China.
It dethroned Amazon with 177M downloads, quickly dominated the US market, and is worth more than Zara and H&M combined.
How it eclipsed American brands with these 4 crazy business strategies: 🧵
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Shein is known as "China's most mysterious billion-dollar company".
In 2021, the app had over 177 million downloads, with over 43.7 million users worldwide, with 10 million monthly active users in the US alone.
On TikTok, the hashtag #Shein has garnered over 32.3B views.
Jan 13, 2023 • 33 tweets • 7 min read
A former CIA math genius built a quantitative trading fund that earned more than $100 BILLION for investors.
At 66% return/yr, his track record destroys that of Warren Buffet, George Soros, Carl Icahn, and every investor who ever lived.
The Smartest Billionaire in Finance:
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If you'd have put $100 into Jim Simons' Medallion Fund in 1988, it would be $400M+ today.
By contrast,
$100 in the S&P 500 in 1988, would be $2,000 in 2022. (roughly)
Let that sink in.
Dec 20, 2022 • 39 tweets • 8 min read
In the 2008 crash, I found an extraordinary opportunity hiding in plain sight.
It was so damn good, investors were giving me 10s of MILLIONS after ONE meeting.
I took advantage of it and helped turn a $9M fund to fund $1.7 BILLION.
What the opportunity was and how I aced it:
Part 1 - How I got my golden insight.
In 2006 I was lending money to people through a new platform called Prosper.
Say you want a loan. You could get a bunch of people to pool the capital and loan it directly to you through Prosper.
Dec 10, 2022 • 29 tweets • 12 min read
The most valuable thread you will read this year.
23 time tested ways to make $300k/year from people who’ve done it over & over.
Start 2023 with these 23 learnings 👇
Who: @tibo_maker
How: SaaS
Profit Potential: $1M+/year
Investment: <$5k
Difficulty: Medium