Val Katayev
Immigrant. Started at $0. Bootstrapped to $100M+ in profits & exits. Funded $1.7B of credit. Serial entrepreneur in adtech, music, mobile, fintech, jewelry, RE.
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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...
Iโve bootstrapped businesses that have generated over $1 BILLION in sales & made me $100+ MILLION in profits. As an immigrant from Uzbekistan, I started my 1st successful business...
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...
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 Zar...
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, Geo...
In 2011, I built the largest music property in the world. It had more reach than Spotify, MTV, CBS, and SoundCloud. Here's how I started it, grew it, and sold it within 2 years....
At 19, this kid built a Google Ads business that quickly made over $30 million in profit. The kid is me. At one point, I was Googleโs 2nd largest advertiser after eBay. I did it...
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Did you know there is a shadow bank that oversees $21 TRILLION of the world's money? It has a dominating stake in every major S&P 500 company. It directs Trillions for the Fed,...
20% of South Korea's GDP comes from Samsung. Controlling a $210B empire, Samsung's CEO has more influence over South Korea than the government. How Samsung rose to dominate an...
Bob Iger's last dance might be to sell Disney to Apple. Apple is worth $2.4 Trillion 13x Disney's $180 Billion Together theyโd be an UNBEATABLE ecosystem with a 1/5th of earthโs...
Qatar spent $220 BILLION on the 2022 World Cup. Their GDP is just $180B. Is this investment a money pit? Or a catalyst for a nation to thrive? You decide, but let's dig into...