Building a Will with No Overwhelm: Journey of Family Connection and Creating HeirLight with Jermaine Ee

About this episode

Jermaine Ee discusses his journey in creating HeirLight, a modern will-making tool, and his experiences in humanitarian projects.

Jermaine Ee is a founder and storyteller interested in three things: how we spend our time, the work we do, and what we leave behind. His career has zigzagged across ed‐tech, logistics, toys, political campaigns, executive search, and impact projects, but the through‐line has always been the same: helping people make better decisions about their money, careers, and futures. He's run financial‐aid workshops in low‐income high schools, built a startup to help kids confront their fear of math, and worked inside the Venture Capital & Private Equity ecosystem, studying how talent shapes enduring companies. Through Rotary and other efforts, he has helped lead humanitarian projects from Los Angeles to Colombia, Mexico, and Ukraine, working on refugee housing, medical transport, and frontline logistics. Today, Jermaine spends most of his time on HeirLight, a simple and smart will maker designed to turn one of adulthood's most avoided tasks into a fast, modern, emotionally intelligent experience. Born in Los Angeles and raised between LA and Malaysia, he thinks a lot about belonging, identity, and the quiet instructions we leave behind for the people we love. ***Since recording the…

People in this episode

Host: Kendra Rinaldi

Guest: Jermaine Ee

Topics covered

• family connection
• financial decision making
• heirloom planning
• humanitarian projects
• identity and belonging

Keywords

• will making
• HeirLight
• financial aid
• humanitarian projects
• identity
• belonging
• decision making

Sponsors

HeirLight

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HeirLight

Places: Los Angeles, Malaysia, Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Colombia, Mexico, Ukraine

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