Making Billions: The Private Equity Podcast for Fund Managers, Startup Founders, and Venture Capital Investors

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Hey, welcome to another episode of Making Billions, I'm your host Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend Sal Buscemi.

Sal is a former investment banker from Goldman, now the managing general partner at Brahmin Partners, as well as the author of four books on finance and investing. This guy has been featured in Forbes, Investor's Business Daily, CBS New York, and more.

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Hey, welcome to another episode of Making Billions, I'm your host, Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend Michael Fillios.

Michael is the author of two private equity books: Tech Debt 2.0 and Tech Equity. He's also the founder and CEO of IT ALLY, a private equity advisory firm that helps you private equity carnivores to unlock unseen value and avoid the unseen liabilities in the compan...

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Hey, welcome to another episode of Making Billions. I'm your host, Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend James Wang.

James is a general partner at Creative Ventures, it's a deep tech venture firm investing in early stage companies solving critical global scale challenges like rising healthcare costs, labor shortages, and the causes and effects of climate change. Previously, James, he...

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Welcome to another episode of Making Billions, I'm your host Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend Anthony Fernandez.

Anthony is the Head of Business Development at a crypto firm known as ICONOMI. He and his team manage over 120 million AUM. With a rich background in asset management, foreign exchange and cryptocurrency, mining and trading, Anthony has become a leading authority in blockc...

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Hey, welcome to another episode of Making Billions, I'm your host, Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend James Benham.

James is the tech entrepreneur in the Insurtech space. As a co-founder and CEO of JBKnowledge, he has built an impressive tech company that supports a massive need for carriers today. Not only that, but he has written the manual on bootstrapping your business called, &quo...

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Hey, welcome to another episode of Making Billions, I'm your host, Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend Matt Burk.

Matt is the chairman of Verivest and founder and CEO of Fairway America, with 1 billion AUM he knows how to launch funds, raise capital, and build a wildly successful real estate fund.

So what this means is Matt understands real estate investing, raising capital an...

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Hey, welcome to another episode of Making Billions. I'm your host, Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend Jim Manning.

Jim is the founder of multiple funds in the real estate and debt space. He's managed and sold over get this $250 million in real estate and this guy is just getting started.

So what this means is Jim understands real estate funds, debt funds and how to manag...

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Hey, welcome to another episode of Making Billions. I'm your host, Ryan Miller. And today I have my dear friend, Jon Green.

Jon is the managing partner at latitude USA. It's a firm that specializes in the investment immigration space, particularly in the foreign direct investment sector. He's worked with firms such as Goldman Sachs, HSBC, and why UBS and more.

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Hey, welcome to another episode of Making Billions. I'm your host, Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend Carl Lundberg.

Carl is the CEO at Gerald Edelman LLP. With his expertise in acquisitions in search funds, due diligence, debt funding for UK acquisitions and management buy ins. He's a game changer who's revolutionizing the world of M&A in its industry.

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Hey, welcome to another episode of Making Billions. I'm your host, Ryan Miller, and today is our 100th episode!

Today, I want to take some time to reflect on the last two years where I've spent countless hours speaking to 1,000s of people around the world, interviewing some of the brightest minds and finance. And from doing that, I've come to understand one thing about Making Billions...

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Hey, welcome to another episode of Making Billions. I'm your host, Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend Adam Coffey.

Adam is the three-time best-selling author of Empire Builders, The Exit Strategy Playbook, and The Private Equity Playbook.  He frequently contributes to Forbes and has sold over $2.5 billion in private companies.

This means that Adam understands how to buy compa...

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Hey Welcome to another episode of Making Billions, I'm your host Ryan Miller and today  I have my dear friend Peter Goldstein.

Peter is the Founder and CEO at Exchange Listing and Emmis Capital where he leads entrepreneurs and their investors to exit profitably through IPO.  He’s a regular contributor to Forbes, Entrepreneur, Nasdaq, and the author of the Amazon best seller “The Entrepreneur’s I...

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Hey Welcome to another episode of Making Billions, I'm your host Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend Kevin Carter.

Kevin is the founder and CIO of EMQQ Global. Kevin specializes in emerging markets and has collaborated with the famous Princeton economist and indexing legend Dr. Burton Malkiel, author of the bestselling book  A Random Walk Down Wall Street.

What this means is tha...

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Hey welcome to another episode of Making Billions, I’m your host Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend John Jennings.

John is the President and Chief Strategist of a $15B family office group known as the Saint Louis Family Trust.  He manages the assets and allocations of 60 UHNW families.  He is an adjunct professor at Washington University, Forbes contributor and the author of the Amazon #1 Be...

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Hey welcome to another episode of Making Billions, I’m your host Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend Marty Tate.

Marty a lawyer at KB&A and is one of America’s foremost experts on securities regulation and crowdfunding.  He was an early innovator for Crypto Legislation as well as one of the key contributors to the US Jobs act.

What this means is that Marty understands how to help...

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Welcome to another episode of Making Billions, Im your host Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend Kevin Demeritt

Kevin is the Founder of Lear Capital, a physical delivery gold and silver company that specializes in helping people to profit from precious metals from both inside your IRA or physical delivery. Kevin’s knowledge of economic cycles, financial trends, sovereign debt, and diversificat...

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Welcome to another episode of Making Billions, Im your host Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend Austin Davis.

Austin is an expert in growing massive wealth for his investors in the medical practice space.  Not only that, he runs a podcast in the top 0.5% called Shared Practices.  He has built his dental group starting in 2022 that now already spans 34 locations in 25 states!

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Welcome to another episode of Making Billions, Im your host Ryan Miller and today I  have my dear friend Tim Hwang.

Tim is a legend in the fintech and healthcare industries. His track record in building successful companies and delivering value for shareholders is unmatched. His companies have generated billions of dollars in value and completed dozens of acquisitions worldwide. He has secured over $...

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Welcome to another episode of Making Billions, Im your host Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend Katie Richardson.

Katie Richardson is the founder of a multi-national company where her products were sold in over 26 countries around the world.  She's been featured on Ellen DeGeneres, Rachel Ray, The Today Show, and in publications such as Entrepreneur Magazine, and more.  Since her exit, s...