Jordi Visser
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So how does someone that young- Big dog.
Okay, but here's the thing.
The reason that that happened is because number one, like half of the trading floor left to go to another firm.
So there weren't a lot of people left.
So this is the luck portion of your life.
So it's like, all right.
And I was trading Mexico.
The guy who was trying to open the office in Brazil,
you know, Harvard grad, had spoke Portuguese and Spanish, still one of the mentors of my career.
He got offered a bigger job in the US.
Now, when he was building out in the office in Brazil, he speaks the language.
He wanted there to be a safe with a gun.
He's like, so he turns to me one day, he's like, got a great opportunity.
And I'm looking, I'm like, what great opportunity is this?
He goes, I want you to go to Brazil.
I'm like, what do you mean?
You're going to Brazil.
He goes, no, no, I got a bigger job here, but I need someone to go down there.
And I was like,
Now, I had nothing to lose.