10. $2M Net Worth after moving to the U.S. with $1K
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English - April 25, 2020 17:23 - 34 minutes - 64.1 MBSelf-Improvement Education Business Investing buildingwealth financialgoals financialindependence financialstability immigrantcommunity immigrantfinance immigrants immigrantsuccess makemoney personalfinance Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
John came to the U.S. from India, as a young man pursuing an engineering opportunity on a work visa. He had $1000 to cover him until his first paycheck.
John’s story resembles stories of countless professionals moving to the U.S. for work, who must start from zero in an unfamiliar environment and get themselves situated very quickly.
Now John is residing in the Bay Area. He hacked his career to achieve remarkable results despite living in a city with a high cost of living.
More of John's story on episode's page https://boat2riches.com/2m-net-worth-after-moving-to-the-us-with-1k/
John documents his journey in his blog “Financial Freedom Countdown”. His story has been featured on Forbes, Radical Personal Finance, Millionaires Unveiled, and several other media outlets.
By the way, John is not his real name. It’s an alias he uses to protect his identity since he is revealing a lot of personal financial information.