2025 Wimbledon Champion & Fool, Sem Verbeek

Rule Breaker Investing

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4.5 • 928 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Fresh off of his mixed doubles title at Wimbledon, Sem Verbeek sits back down with David (three years later) to share his journey from professional tennis player, facing a career crossroads, to becoming a Wimbledon champion. He compares the similarities in mindset between tennis and financial strategies, and even turns the tables by becoming the interviewer, asking David some thought-provokingquestions of his own. Sem Verbeek, a man of many talents, on and off the court. Host: David Gardner Guest: Sem Verbeek Producer: Bart Shannon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Race the rudder, raise the sails, raise the sales!
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0:30.1	A rule breaker just hoisted the Wimbledon trophy.
0:34.0	And he happens to be our old friend.
0:36.4	Three years after his first visit, Sam Verbeek returns
0:39.5	fresh from winning mixed doubles on center court at Wimbledon. What was life like before the
0:46.8	fortnight? How did the run really feel point by point? And what money and mindset lessons
0:53.0	can investors steal from a brand new Grand Slam champion?
0:57.8	Let's serve it up only on this week's Rule Breaker Investing.
1:03.5	It's the Rule Breaker Investing podcast with Motley Full co-founder, David Gardner.
1:11.5	Welcome back to Rule Breaker investing.
1:13.5	A delight to have you join me.
1:15.5	You know, in preparation for this week's podcast, I went back and listened to my first
1:19.7	conversation right about an hour's length with Sam Verbeek, our Dutch tennis player
1:25.0	slash Wimbledon champion slash friend of the fool.
1:29.3	And I really love that conversation.
1:31.3	So we're not going to necessarily cover the same tracks there.
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