Christian Jagodzinski is an entrepreneur and investor based in Miami. One of his businesses was Telebook, the first and largest online bookstore in Europe with searchable database, sold to Amazon (Jeff Bezos) in the late 90s.

00:00 Highlights
00:28 Intro
00:52 His entrepreneurial journey to selling out to Amazon
04:08 Meeting Jeff Bezos and Amazon culture in the 90s
07:53 After the deal with Amazon, and Why he came out of early retirement
12:36 Businesses Christian is currently running
15:47 Why he sold his mansion - What he realised after getting wealthy
22:28 Private club in Miami, Dubai and beyond for the wealthy, famous and beautiful
28:48 Closing

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Adam, the host of The Adam Fayed Show for Expat Wealth, is an internationally recognised author on financial matters with over 830million answer views on Quora, a widely sold book on Amazon, and a contributor on Forbes.

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Jimmy is the founder and CEO of Esquire Group, a tax and wealth advisory firm for international clients. With his international background and entrepreneurial mindset, he has successfully helped his clients solve and prevent problems in their tax and business matters.

00:00 Highlights
00:34 Intro
00:44 Jimmy’s journey across the US, Europe and Middle East
03:00 FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) and banking/ investing for American expats
6:28 PFIC (Passive Foreign Investment Company) rules
11:01 US expat tax problems and structuring
14:08 Renouncing US citizenship - Should you pay exit tax?
19:04 CRS (Common Reporting Standard), FATCA - What are they for?
21:39 Estate planning for US expats
25:16 Trust and LLC
27:43 How much wealth do you need for trusts or foundations?
30:02 How to protect your wealth from lawsuits or divorce
32:04 How Jimmy can help his clients
33:05 Foundation vs Trust
36:00 Closing

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Adam, the host of The Adam Fayed Show for Expat Wealth, is an internationally recognised author on financial matters with over 830million answer views on Quora, a widely sold book on Amazon, and a contributor on Forbes.

🎁 More contents on

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Ahmad is an entrepreneur and investor with 20 years of experience in international development in the Oil & Gas industry. Currently he is the CEO of Transworld GCC, which is specialised in helping the clients sell or buy businesses.

00:00 Highlight

00:22 Introduction

00:43 Early life and career in the UAE

03:31 Living abroad (Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Japan…)

07:50 American buyout culture, and differences with the region

12:18 How to sell/buy a business

24:20 Confidentiality and benefits of using advisory firms

28:00 Carve-out

30:19 Selling and buying business across borders

33:44 Plans for the future

37:10 AI and Automation in M&A

40:27 Importance of liquidity in businesses - Dangers of illiquidity

43:14 Why and when to sell the business

50:11 Key mistakes after selling a business

52:18 How to contact Ahmad

52:45 Closing

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https://tworld.ae

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Adam, the host of The Adam Fayed Show for Expat Wealth, is an internationally recognised author on financial matters with over 830million answer views on Quora, a widely sold book on Amazon, and a contributor on Forbes.

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