From Millionaire to Maverick: The Radical Awakening of Jeff Berwick
About this episode
Jeff Berwick shares his journey from a successful businessman to a radical thinker after experiencing a financial collapse and personal trauma.
If you had told me in the late 1990s that I’d be standing on a stage at G. Edward Griffin’s Red Pill Expo talking about trauma, consciousness, and energy, I would have laughed you out of the room. Back then, I was a total “normie” embedded deep inside the financial system, running a massive stock marketing firm with a $240 million market cap. We were on track to go public on the NASDAQ. Then, September 11th happened. Almost overnight, the world changed, and my business reality shattered. The calls from investment bankers like Lehman Brothers completely stopped. Within weeks, my board told me we had to declare bankruptcy. We went from a potential billion-dollar company to nothing. While I tried to put on a brave face, the weight of the collapse hit me hard, and I turned to alcohol to numb the pain. My business partner took it even worse… he survived a severe suicide attempt that left him broken physically and emotionally. Months later, he hobbled up to my apartment door on crutches, handed me a book without saying a single word, and left. That book was The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin. Reading that book was my first major awakening. A lot of…
People in this episode
Host: Jeff Berwick
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Organizations: Lehman Brothers
Books & works: The Creature from Jekyll Island
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