Vince Chan

What made you want to combine the two?

What made you want to combine the two?

Yeah, Yale. This episode might feel a little Yale-biased since we're both alums, but it is really known for its liberal arts education. It gives us that freedom to explore, to try different things, and figure out what turns us on. No one at Yale ever said, you have to choose either the arts or the sciences. You are someone who's strong in both music and economics. That's rare.

Yeah, Yale. This episode might feel a little Yale-biased since we're both alums, but it is really known for its liberal arts education. It gives us that freedom to explore, to try different things, and figure out what turns us on. No one at Yale ever said, you have to choose either the arts or the sciences. You are someone who's strong in both music and economics. That's rare.

So truly, I applaud you for that. Now, I know you started learning music at a young age, and that love for music stayed with you. But I also see how studying economics gave you another toolkit, especially helpful when thinking about career planning, job options, and maybe even the practical side of life. That's probably why you ended up in banking and hedge funds. You knew how to hedge your risk.

So truly, I applaud you for that. Now, I know you started learning music at a young age, and that love for music stayed with you. But I also see how studying economics gave you another toolkit, especially helpful when thinking about career planning, job options, and maybe even the practical side of life. That's probably why you ended up in banking and hedge funds. You knew how to hedge your risk.

But your heart, it kept pointing you back to music. Still, four years later, as a graduating student, you had to make a decision. Stay in the US, go back to Hong Kong, maybe take part in campus recruiting. So what was your thinking back then? you chose to go into finance and what led you to pick the more realistic path at that moment, instead of diving straight into your passion,

But your heart, it kept pointing you back to music. Still, four years later, as a graduating student, you had to make a decision. Stay in the US, go back to Hong Kong, maybe take part in campus recruiting. So what was your thinking back then? you chose to go into finance and what led you to pick the more realistic path at that moment, instead of diving straight into your passion,

Yeah, it was a tough choice.

Yeah, it was a tough choice.

The site on Bonnet, the whole package, it was all very attractive. And back then, investment banks really knew how to treat young talent. Whether you were fresh out of undergrad or coming from an MBA, they invested seriously and extensively in people, including time, training, and yes, money. And let's be real, money matters.

The site on Bonnet, the whole package, it was all very attractive. And back then, investment banks really knew how to treat young talent. Whether you were fresh out of undergrad or coming from an MBA, they invested seriously and extensively in people, including time, training, and yes, money. And let's be real, money matters.

It pays the bills, pays off your student loans, gives you security, and let you dream a little. Maybe even a house with a grand piano, like you said. So of course, when a place like Morgan Stanley or Goldman Sachs makes you an offer, who would say no? I also call this the Hong Kong factor. I grew up in Hong Kong too. And everyone here, literally everyone, is talking about the financial markets.

It pays the bills, pays off your student loans, gives you security, and let you dream a little. Maybe even a house with a grand piano, like you said. So of course, when a place like Morgan Stanley or Goldman Sachs makes you an offer, who would say no? I also call this the Hong Kong factor. I grew up in Hong Kong too. And everyone here, literally everyone, is talking about the financial markets.

Stocks, real estate, investment, and even housewives are day trading. That's just the environment we were raised in. So naturally, there's also this peer pressure. You see your classmate joining top banks, getting promoted, earning six, seven or eight figures. That stuff gets into your head. So it makes total sense that you followed the practical path and you did well.

Stocks, real estate, investment, and even housewives are day trading. That's just the environment we were raised in. So naturally, there's also this peer pressure. You see your classmate joining top banks, getting promoted, earning six, seven or eight figures. That stuff gets into your head. So it makes total sense that you followed the practical path and you did well.

You build a successful finance career over 10 years. But then what changed? What happened around 2020, 2021? that made you stop and finally listen to your heart? For the last 10, 20, even 30 years, it sounds like your head was in charge. What triggered you to finally make that ambitious change?

You build a successful finance career over 10 years. But then what changed? What happened around 2020, 2021? that made you stop and finally listen to your heart? For the last 10, 20, even 30 years, it sounds like your head was in charge. What triggered you to finally make that ambitious change?

The way I see it, for a period of time, Your head led the way. You let your heart stay in the background, not ignored, but quieter, still beating, still alive. You didn't silence it, but you asked it to wait while you focused on logic, on what made sense at the time. And then as life changed,

The way I see it, for a period of time, Your head led the way. You let your heart stay in the background, not ignored, but quieter, still beating, still alive. You didn't silence it, but you asked it to wait while you focused on logic, on what made sense at the time. And then as life changed,