Khe Hy was one of the youngest managing directors at BlackRock. A child of first generation of Cambodian immigrants, he had hit the pinnacle of success. At 31 years old. Four years later, he quit. Without a plan other than to leave the corporate (and hedonic) treadmill. Khe discusses childhood money stories, secrets to getting promoted, chronic stress, how much money he made, spends and his financial runway DO YOU WANT A HEALTHIER RELATIONSHIP WITH MONEY AND AMBITION ▸ Download the Free Mindful Money Playbook: https://radreads.co/mindful-money-pla... WATCH NEXT ▸ How to leave a 7-figure job: https://youtu.be/Ypwp4RICGoc?si=8Wn9q... ▸ Semi-retired at 44 years old: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Tj5U... ▸ Getting promoted (to Managing Director) VERY quickly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOt9E... JOIN AN UPCOMING COACHING COHORT Design a life you don't need a vacation from with likeminded professionals ▸ https://radreads.co/coaching NEWSLETTER AND PODCAST ▸ Join 50,000 kind and ambitious subscribers: https://radreads.co ▸ The Examined Life Podcast: https://pod.link/1692585605 FOLLOW KHE ON SOCIAL ▸ Twitter: https://twitter.com/khemaridh ▸ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/radreadsco/ ▸ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khehy/ ▸ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@radreadsco ABOUT KHE HY Khe Hy is the founder of RadReads and father of two. Khe spent 15 years working on Wall Street and was one of the youngest Managing Directors at BlackRock. He’s been called Oprah for Millennials by CNN and the Wall Street Guru by Bloomberg and his work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, TedX, Barrons, Time Magazine and Quartz. ABOUT RADREADS RadReads is an coaching business that helps ambitious professionals lead more productive, examined and joyful lives. RadReads provides guides, coaching, and trainings to more than 50,000 high-performers to help them gain back free time, scale their impact, and make their little dent in the universe. CHAPTERS 0:00 Introduction 1:28 Child of immigrants 3:12 NYC in the 1980s 4:16 My first money memories 9:45 Getting mugged many times 12:50 You want girls to like you 17:11 Relegated to the "friend zone" 19:53 Making real money building websites 22:14 Losing my virginity 23:59 WTF is investment banking? 27:32 Binge drinking and Blackout Island 29:00 Life as an investment banker 33:00 I can outwork anybody 34:37 Never eat alone networking philosophy 38:59 My Wall Street Compensation and Bonuses 41:03 Teeth grinding and hair loss 44:52 The hedonic treadmill 47:38 The sinister side of Wall Street 50:03 Starting "Side Hustles" 52:18 "Don't talk about money" 54:24 What did your wife think of you leaving? 56:55 The identity earthquake 57:56 Making money on the Internet is hard AF 01:00:37 Would you go back to Wall Street? 01:04:06 What does young Khe think of you? #wallstreet
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