Breaking Barriers: Christine Healey’s Bold Mission to Open Pre-IPO Access for Everyone

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Mike Litton

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5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this powerful episode of The Mike Litton Experience, Mike sits down with Christine Healey, founder of Healey Pre-IPO, global dealmaker, former Wall Street analyst, and one of the most innovative voices democratizing access to the world’s fastest-growing private tech companies.

Christine’s story spans three continents—from an expat upbringing in London, to the University of Chicago, to the “bright lights” of Wall Street, and ultimately to breaking barriers inside Silicon Valley and Hong Kong. After years of navigating private equity, venture capital, and global dealmaking, Christine built a boutique firm that gives everyday investors access to companies like SpaceX, Stripe, OpenAI, and more—opportunities historically reserved for billionaires, VCs, and insiders.

In this episode, viewers will learn:
• Why the biggest companies in the world stay private for so long
• What pre-IPO investing actually is (in plain English)
• How Christine broke into elite dealmaking without privilege
• Her journey from banking burnout to becoming a global entrepreneur
• What everyday investors need to know before entering private markets
• The mindset and risk-management behind starting your own company
• How access, fairness, and financial empowerment drive her mission

Christine is not just changing the financial industry—she’s redefining who gets a seat at the table.

If you enjoy inspirational stories, disruptive innovation, and real financial insight, this is an episode you do not want to miss.

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Connect with Christine:
Email: [email protected]
Website: healeypreipo.com

Transcript

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0:00.0	They don't necessarily need to go hire a banker, things like that.
0:03.0	So it just wasn't what it was meant to be.
0:06.1	It wasn't the straight and narrow to this abundant life that I hoped.
0:10.4	And at a certain point, I basically had to take a leap of faith and say, I thought this was my safe path to success.
0:19.7	I actually think I can do better. I think I can find something that
0:23.3	you know, sets my heart on fire, that gives me more autonomy, that's more of a meritocracy,
0:29.7	where I can really take off. So you Chicago people are my people, you know, couldn't deny it. So I just
0:36.2	love the sense of humor and the quirkiness of you Chicago.
0:40.6	They have a really particular culture.
0:43.3	They like to think differently.
0:44.6	And that really struck me.
0:46.5	Would you be willing to share with us an example of the quirkiness?
0:51.0	Oh my gosh.
0:51.8	I think you Chicago runs the largest scavenger hunt in the world. My entrepreneur
0:55.7	hat, I'm thinking about how do I, what type of brand do I want to be in the world? What are my
1:00.5	values? How do I want to relate to my clients? Where should I find these clients? Should I hold
1:05.0	events? Should I go on podcasts? You know, what information do my clients need that they aren't getting? What resources
1:13.2	aren't there in the market that should be to educate them or give them that confidence?
1:17.6	And it's a different hat, which has just been so, so fun.
1:22.3	Did you know there's a technology that's actually an app on your phone that uses sound waves
1:26.9	to tell your brain what you want
1:28.6	your brain to do.
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