The $100 Million Question A dinner-table thought experiment: if money stopped being a problem overnight, what would you do next — and what would still be broken? Background This thought experiment showed up at our dinner table while my wife and I were talking about retirement. We bounced between the usual topics — where to […]
The Second Million: $1M to $2M in Three Years The first million took fourteen years of earning and saving. The second took three — and taught me more about people, work, and “enough” than about money. The Acceleration My wealth grew far faster after I crossed my first million in 2018. I doubled it in […]
The Concentration Bet: Going All In on Litigation Finance How reaching my first million reshaped my strategy — and why I concentrated heavily in litigation finance, with the risks, rewards, and lessons that followed. A note on how to read this one: it’s a time capsule. I wrote it in November 2018, at the moment […]
The 14-Year Climb: From First Job to First Million From arriving in the US with nothing to $1 million in investable assets — the strategic job changes, 50%+ savings rate, and appreciating tech RSUs that turned a $32,000 starting salary into a seven-figure net worth. The Starting Point (1999-2004) I arrived in the United States […]
