The Self-Made Billionaire Playbook: No Trust Fund. No Connections. Just Guts.

Tiger Sisters July 7, 2025
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Every Monday, sisters Cherie Brooke and Jean Luo bring sharp, funny, and unfiltered conversations about money, power, and love. From Harvard and Stanford MBAs to Goldman Sachs and 50 AI patents, as tech execs turned podcasters, they’ve played the game – and now they’re breaking it down for you. With the honesty of a late-night sister talk and the strategy of a boardroom, Tiger Sisters is where ambition meets real life. Expect bold opinions, career frameworks that actually work, and silly sister banter. Whether they’re unpacking leadership lessons or love lives, Jean and Cherie make business – and being human – way more interesting. New episodes drop every Monday!! ❤️‍🔥 ❤️‍🔥 ❤️‍🔥

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🎁 Win a $100 gift card – and help us grow! Take our quick audience survey: https://forms.gle/jJWK219wzztjRc8W9 We're building Tiger Sisters with you, not just for you. Your answers help shape future guests, episodes, and big ideas. It takes 2 minutes and we read every single one! 💌 Want to partner with us? Sponsorships and brand deals: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------ 💰 From zero to $2.8 billion – no trust fund, no elite connections, no safety net. Just grit, leverage, and a deep love for family. Fernando de Leon is one of the few people on the Forbes list with a 10/10 self-made score – a title shared with Oprah and George Soros. In this episode, he shares the real playbook for building a fortune from nothing – and what it actually takes to keep it. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲: ▫️ How he closed his first real estate equity deal at age 15 on the back of a napkin ▫️ The one mindset shift that separates billionaires from everyone else ▫️ Why fear is fuel – and how to train your brain to run toward it ▫️ Hot takes on Mark Cuban, Harvard, crypto, and elite credentials ▫️ What kind of partner it takes to build an empire – and how love fuels legacy This is the Tiger Sisters blueprint for money, power, and love – straight from a billionaire who built his own empire brick by brick. 🎙️ Follow Tiger Sisters on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube 📩 Fill out our listener survey (linked above!) to win a $100 gift card 💌 Share this episode with someone building from scratch Subscribe & tap the 🔔 so you don’t miss the next episode, and write a review and rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ⏰ Timestamps 00:00 He built a $2.88B empire – with no safety net 02:41 Why Forbes gave Fernando the same score as Oprah 🐐 06:18 “I want equity.” His first deal at 14 💼 12:54 The most underrated secret in American capitalism 14:54 How he ‘owned’ Chick-fil-A – without a single share 🍗 20:38 Fear as fuel: the mindset that built his empire 29:21 Tactics to create opportunities and build wealth 39:00 The moment we finally talk about love on Tiger Sisters 41:00 When he wanted to quit, her words changed everything 45:22 🔥 Mark Cuban, Harvard, crypto – overrated or not? ------------------------------------------------------------------ 🐯👯‍♀️ Tiger Sisters — Your Wall Street & Silicon Valley Big Sisters Decoding Money • Power • Love ✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all week  ✨ We turn Harvard and Stanford MBA case studies and hard‑won tech & finance lessons into frameworks you can use this week. What you’ll get (and keep) ▫️ 🚀 Ivy League Cheat Sheets in 30 min – no $250 K tuition required ▫️ Personal Finance Rules – salary jumps, automated investing, psychology of money ▫️ Networking Scripts  – DMs behind job offers, $100M+ deals, & Fortune 500 partnerships ▫️ Exclusive Sit‑downs with billionaire investors, unicorn founders, & media powerhouses ▫️ Mindset & Life Design Resets – growth mindset drills minus the pricey career coach ▫️ Wellness • Fashion • Habit Hacks that survive 12‑hour workdays, travel, and fun ▫️ ⬇️ Free Templates & Worksheets linked in episodes Why trust us? ▫️ Cherie Brooke Luo – 100 M+ views demystifying tech, finance, entrepreneurship, MBA life ▫️ Jean Luo – ex‑Goldman, ex‑Snapchat exec, 50+ AI patents, startup investor & advisor ▫️ Together: 4 Ivy degrees • built billion‑dollar product lines • two startups – translated into plain English so anyone can level up 👉 Hit Subscribe & tap the 🔔, WRITE A REVIEW and rate us ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ on Spotify & Apple Podcasts! Send this to a friend with big goals and let’s grow together. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 💛 LET'S CONNECT: ~ CHERIE ~ 🤳🏻 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/cherie.brooke 📱 TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@cherie.brooke ✍🏻 My Substack – https://cherieluo.substack.com/ 👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherie-luo/ ~ JEAN ~ 🤳🏻 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/jeanluo_/ 👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanluo 🎵 Music produced by Sammy Signal https://open.spotify.com/artist/2HsyknHuxhT8RoZfn5rqMS 🛍️ Items Referenced: 🍵 Sisters Matcha: ⁠www.sistersmatcha.com⁠ 🌀 Everything else: ⁠https://amzn.to/3z0dx5b⁠

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