1486: From Foster Care to Financial Educator, Marc Russell, Founder of BetterWallet

So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

Farnoosh Torabi

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Guest Marc Russell is the creator of BetterWallet, where he teaches families all around the world how to make money work for them through practical investing. His journey began as a foster child for 13 years. He was eventually adopted by a low-income family who prioritized education. Marc then self-funded his college education (Penn State) and then climbed the ranks at some of the largest financial institutions in the world.

While excelling in his Wall Street career, Marc struggled with his own finances, living paycheck-to-paycheck with $80,000 of debt. He is now debt-free.

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0:29.0	So money episode 1486 from foster care to financial educator Mark Russell, founder of Better Wallet.
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1:02.0	Welcome to So Money.
1:05.0	13 years of my childhood I was bouncing from home to home and filled off in all throughout Pennsylvania.
1:13.0	Basically just trying to find a family that would adopt me.
1:16.0	And as you get to the point where you become a teenager, you start to lose hope.
1:21.0	And you just think that eventually you're going to age out of the system.
1:24.0	Welcome to So Money, everybody.
1:26.0	I'm Farneesh Karabi. Thanks for joining me.
1:29.0	Unleashing a really, really good interview today with Mark Russell, a new friend, creator of Better Wallet.
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