TIP435: Why the Youngest Billionaire Walked Away from Wall Street w/ John Arnold & Michael Faye

<p><strong>IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:</strong></p><ul><li>02:57 - John's relationship with money and experience with philanthropy.</li><li>07:48 - John's experience as an early employee at Enron, becoming the head of their natural gas trading desk. His early career that led him to become the youngest billionaire in the US in 2007.</li><li>15:48 - John's journey in founding his own hedge fund.&nbsp;</li><li>51:17 - What led Michael to cofound GiveDirectly.&nbsp;</li><li>52:44 - How GiveDirectly operates and why it’s important to start your own philanthropy efforts today.</li><li>And a whole lot more!</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>BOOKS AND RESOURCES:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.arnoldventures.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>ArnoldVentures.org</strong></a>.</li><li><a href="https://acceleratecharitablegiving.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>AccelerateCharitableGiving.org</strong></a>.</li><li>John on Elon's recent $5.7B DAF <a href="https://apnews.com/article/spacex-business-philanthropy-elon-musk-6cacb6f17fb88f7702b7e91006c20cc2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>contribution</strong></a>.</li><li><a href="https://www.givedirectly.org/WSB/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>GiveDirectly.org/WSB</strong></a> - listeners get their first gift to people in extreme poverty matched up to $1000</li><li>Michael's op-ed on <a href="http://givedirectly.org/DAFs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Foundations / DAFs</strong></a>.</li><li>John Arnold’s <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnArnoldFndtn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Twitter</strong></a>.<strong>&nbsp;</strong></li><li>Michael Faye’s <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelLFaye" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Twitter</strong></a>.</li><li>Arnold Ventures’ <a href="https://twitter.com/Arnold_Ventur