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From broke 20-something to $500M net worth

Raw conversation with Jess Mah

Just dropped my conversation with Jess Mah, who once made Wall Street Journal's front page by offering $100,000 to anyone who could find her a husband.

(Spoiler: She was about to raise it to $1M this year before meeting her boyfriend)

But that's just the beginning. In this candid interview, Jess reveals:

  • How she went from "typical immigrant living in a small NYC apartment" to building a $500M fortune

  • Why she got her mom to sponsor her $6,000 TED ticket at age 16 (and how it changed everything)

  • The truth about why most women are "a little gold-diggery" (her words, not mine)

  • Her controversial take on why not every woman should be a "boss babe"

  • The exact way she structures her empire with 3 full-time recruiters

Plus, she shares why she pays her executive recruiters with equity instead of cash (and why it works).

Eric Siu

PS: She also explains why she fired her live-in chef/bodyguard/assistant experiment this year (and what she learned from it).