Immigrant Entrepreneurs

Immigrant Entrepreneur: Christian Carreon

Christian came to the United States when he was 7 years old with his family after losing his sister. His mom was able to regain momentum and strength to launch her own company and they started a new life in California. 

Life was not always great for Christian. After struggling with constant racism, seeing his parents go through a bankruptcy, he ended up in the hospital fighting for his life. He eventually lost both of his kidneys, but not too long after ended up locked up in jail looking over his life. 

After all of what he went through, he managed to get a Bachelor's degree in Finance and create a wealth management firm at the age of 27. 

Three years later, he's still running the successful wealth management firm as a young entrepreneur. 

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Immigrant Entrepreneur: Jorge Ruiz

Jorge came from Bolivia to the U.S. initially to study in college. His journey brought him back home where he launched several different companies all in completely different fields. 

With his expertise at Citi Bank he launched the first global solution for financial institutions by connecting them with the top innovative fintech solutions. Financial institutions are in need of digitizing practically everything they do, and it's rapidly growing. That's where Finconecta comes in and creates the different services/products that transforms the way they do business and connect with their customers.  

With the rapid innovation, Jorge continues to build and transform the fintech solutions.

His journey to success is one of a kind, and you're absolutely going to love all the invaluable advice that he provides. 

Where to find Jorge Ruiz: 

Finconecta | LinkedIn

Where to find me: 

alinawarrick.com

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Immigrant Entrepreneur: Angelica Rivera

When Angelica came to the United States, she was only supposed to be here for 6 months to finish high school. Through some rough struggles she was able to stay here past her visa expiration date. 

At one point she was undocumented and had many limitations that she had to live in. But with her persistence and determination she was able to create not one, but two companies. Her second company was founded with her husband when she was only 29 years old. That company, Colmex Construction, had lots of difficult beginnings. She mentioned that she would work 18 hour days, pay her and her husband $250 per week just to survive. 

She now only works roughly 40 hours a week and you normally don't see a female Latino dominating the construction field. Their business is now generating millions in revenue!

Where to find Angelica: 

Colmex Construction | LinkedIn

Where to find me: 

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Immigrant Entrepreneur: Ahmed Elsamadisi

Ahmed came to the United States at the age of 10 with his family from Egypt, all in the name of education. In Egypt the education system is corrupt. The teachers don't teach and they must supplement their income by tutoring. 

Ahmed's parents brought their children to United States because the education system is proven to be a lot better than in Egypt. 

Ahmed created his data analysis startup company, Narrator.ai at the age of 25 which allowed him to be feautured on the Forbes 30 under 30 list. His company went through some tough times in the beginning stages but 3 years later it's growing strong!

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Where to find Ahmed:

Narrator.ai | LinkedIn

Where to find me: 

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Immigrant Entrepreneur: Camila Pachon Silva

Camila and her family had to escape the intense drug war that was happening in Columbia. In this episode she explains how her mom would put tape on the windows to prevent the windows from crashing down during a bomb explosion. 

There was violence every single day, people would get robbed and you knew what part of town to avoid, what not to wear and do certain things to live your life. She tells me that it was the norm, you had to adapt to that way of life and continue going about your way. 

After seeking asylum from the United States and going through the immigration process with her parents, she knew she wanted to become an immigration attorney. 

Her journey to entrepreneurship is absolutely amazing and extremely touching. 

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Where to find Camila: 

Capella Immigration Law | LinkedIn

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Immigrant Entrepreneur: Igor Dobrosavljević

Igor immigrated from Germany with his family at 16 years old from Germany. Germany was their first destination as refugees to flee from the civil war that broke out between Croatia and Bosnia. 

As immigrants in the United States his parents had to start their lives all over, for the second time. Amongst many struggles Igor was able to obtain a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and start his own I.T. consulting company, Grand Consulting. 

What he's doing with his company is beyond amazing. In this episode, he talks about how he created the apprentice program to allow people who don't have experience or knowledge in the I.T. world to allow them to get the training and the experience they need through his company. 

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Where to find Igor: 

Grand Consulting | LinkedIn

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Immigrant Entrepreneur: Nirit Rubenstein

Nirit came to the United States when she was 4 years old but she still experienced struggles as an immigrant. Her household only spoke Hebrew and she only picked up English in grade school which made it extremely difficult to connect with other classmates.

She remembers her parents talking about how McDonald's was a once a month treat for them and how all of their clothes were second hand. 

Her dad couldn't get a job for a period of time until he finally decided to volunteer at a mechanical shop. He soon took over the business and became a successful entrepreneur. 

Nirit's journey to immigrant entrepreneurship really stemmed from watching her father go through his entrepreneurial successes, but her tenacity and drive was the key that propelled her to launch a successful credit repair company, Dovly. 

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Where to find Nirit:

Dovly | LinkedIn

Where to find me: 

alinawarrick.com

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Immigrant Entrepreneur: Giacomo Vacca

Doctor Giacomo Vacca leaves his hometown at the age of 16 because he always wanted to become a scientist. Leaving your country behind at 16 is not only considered bravery, but beyond courageous. 

After graduating Harvard, he attended Stanford University to obtain his PhD in Applied Physics. This lead him on a path to getting amazing jobs at different companies including one that was a Fortune 500 company. He quickly realized that he was meant for something bigger. Deep down on the inside he always had an entrepreneurial drive so he quit and ventured off to create Kinetic River Corp. 

In this episode he explains how he was able to gain his customers without doing much of any marketing and gives us incredible advice on immigrant entrepreneurship. 

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Where to find Doctor Giacomo Vacca: 

Kinetic River Corp. | LinkedIn

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Immigrant Entrepreneur: Doctor Wei Wang

Doctor Wei Wang grew up in a communist China without much education options. But against all odds, he managed to get a PhD in structural engineering in New Jersey. 

When he started his company, Urbantech Consulting Engineering he didn't even know he was running a business. He was doing everything by himself and the very first project that he worked on was a bridge that was outlined on the Discovery Channel. 

Doctor Wei Wang came to the United States all by himself at 31 years old. His company has now been running for 20 years and continues to grow substantially. 

His immigrant entrepreneurship journey lead him on an amazing path of being part of the engineering process to creating amazing bridges all over New York, buildings, and lots of amazing structural projects.

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Where to find Wei Wang

Urbantech Consulting Engineering, PC | LinkedIn

Where to find me

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Immigrant Entrepreneur: Fiona

Fiona had no idea that she was ever going to land in the finance world. In fact growing up, she wanted to become a paleontologist but after seeing what her grandparents went through with their personal finances she decided that she wanted to help as many people be financially independent. 

She bought her house at the age of 23, she started her blog at the age of 25.. during the pandemic! This young lady is about to tear up the finance world before you know it. 

This episode will truly inspire you in so many ways!

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Where to find Fiona: 

The Millennial Money Woman | Twitter | Pinterest

Where to find me:

alinawarrick.com

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Mentioned in this episode: 

Self lender: https://www.self.inc/ 

Recommended books:

The Richest Man in Babylon

The Millionaire Next Door

The Millionaire Mind

The Behavior Gap 

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