Myra Wealth Podcast

Welcome to the MYRA Wealth Podcast with your host, Sahil Vakil. Every week, Sahil will bring you in-depth conversations with highly successful international and multicultural guests who share their personal finance strategies to educate you on best practices when it comes to managing your money. You'll hear from first- and second-generation immigrants and learn how they navigated some of the most important financial decisions of their lives. In this opening episode, we are joined by Matt Duke, the pricing actuary for a startup called Blackboard Insurance and the former president and CEO of Hike Transportation Technologies. Listen in to hear about Matt’s amazing journey from growing up in Trinidad and Tobago and immigrating to the United States at just seven years old to graduating with an MBA from the Wharton School and launching a ride sharing and hailing service that became Uber’s largest competitor in the Trinidad and Tobago market. You'll learn what made him decide to take the leap and start his own busin