Kent Bray | City Trading, Cocaine Addiction, and the Truth About Wealth Taxes

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🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Take the survey now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1iHRZvOly_Q7aprlQBF7n38y0EjgvnHw2OdYII8yQElc/edit?ts=670d0111 Rob interviews ex-Citibank trader Kent Bray. He shares his experiences from addiction to recovery, the high-pressure environment of finance and challenges Gary Stevenson's claim of being "the biggest trader in the world.” Rob and Bray also discuss wealth inequality, taxation and the importance of hope. Kent Bray REVEALS: Spending 80k a year on cocaine Why Gary Stevenson isn’t the biggest trader in the world How he overcame addiction after leaving Citibank How the rich contribute significantly to society through tax Why the UK is driving away the rich through tax Why wealth doesn’t lead to happiness BEST MOMENTS "I was doing 6 grams a day, for anyone out there who doesn't know much about cocaine, 20 to 30 grams a week is like 40 bottles of wine a week." “If you have a dream and you've got a vision and you wanna manifest something, fucking go for it." "It's about the concept of hope, which we need in the UK right now." "I'm in the lowest paid vocation I've ever had in my life and it is the most fulfilling by so far. It's unbelievable." "I don't think we applaud enough the people who started with nothing and their rise to the shop top should be applauded." VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter https://robmoore.com/podbooks rob.team Episode Sponsor - AG1 Claim your exclusive offer of AG1 at the link below drinkag1.com/disruptors ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 This Podcast has been brought to you by Disruptive Media. https://disruptivemedia.co.uk/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

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0:00.0	Ken, is it true you spent 80 grand a year on cocaine as a trader?
0:05.2	Rob, I did.
0:06.8	80 grand a year?
0:07.9	80 grand a year, we'll get straight into the numbers.
0:10.5	So, man, that's 80,000 at the end, you know, because addiction is a progressive illness,
0:15.1	but 80,000 pounds straight up the nose.
0:17.4	That's not partying.
0:18.5	I was in isolation at that stage.
0:20.4	So you give you some numbers. I was doing 20 to 30 grams of cocaine a week. And on some days, I was doing six grams a day. Now, for anyone out there who doesn't know much about cocaine, 20 to 30 grams a week is like 40 bottles of wine a week.
0:37.8	I was completely and utterly addicted by the end of my time at Citibank.
0:43.9	How long has you been at Citibank?
0:45.9	I was a Citibank 18 years.
0:47.5	Right.
0:48.0	Yeah.
0:48.8	And at the end of it, I got myself into my 40s and, mate, financially secure.
0:53.9	Yeah.
0:54.3	You know, you don't stay at Citibank for 18 years if you're no good.
0:57.6	And I'd had some, you know, some very, very good years and was paid very, very well.
1:02.2	Had this cocaine.
1:04.6	I just got out of control.
1:06.2	So would you have it, like when you got up in the morning, would you have it when you're at work are you like the trader doing it in the toilets or you just doing it in public how's it all working
1:13.3	mate i my first thought in the morning was how when and where am i getting my coke i'd wake up
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