In mid-2008, David left New York to work for Fidelity Investments in Boston and what followed was a very difficult first year on the job from a market point of view. The market topped out in late 2007 while a lot of stocks hit their peaks in early 2007.

It was 2006. Clayton was working for Fox News’ The Daily Buzz program in Orlando, Florida, in the United States, when he caught the real estate bug. He had lived in and fixed up a one-bedroom condo on a golf course he had bought for US$75,000 since he moved to Florida in 2004 to work on the TV show.

Avery started out in investing young and went slowly at first, putting a toe in the water, so to speak. He did not go in aggressively, but invested in low-input and low-risk investments. He would make some profit and learn, but that gave him “the investor itch”, mainly not itching for more money, but he did want to learn more and he loved the idea of making money from money.

Back in 2013, Viola and her business partner Marvin Cole decided they wanted to create a business that would help African businesses, that is, SMEs, to gain access to capital so that they could grow. Everyone knows that small businesses need capital to sustain themselves.

Gaurav was very young when he became interested in the stock market and was one of those guys who “jumped right into it”. He borrowed some money from a friend’s father, who was kind enough to believe in his investment philosophy.