We restarted our Bid And Ask interview series after a hiatus. Our first guest in this new season is none other than one of the co-founders of Dr Wealth, Louis Koay. He made a big decision to switch his career from oil and gas to the finance industry, giving up his advantage as a first class honours awardee in engineering. It wasn’t an easy decision because of the social stigma being a financial advisor. Even his friends and relatives made negative comments instead of giving their words of encouragement.
These comments mattered. He delayed his decision to become a financial advisor for about two years before figuring out that no one should decide his life. He doesn’t need permission from others what he chooses to do. So he went ahead.
Fast forward 5 years, he is successful in many measures. He now manages a team of 6 advisors with $20 million worth of assets under management. He shared how he built this business up in a previous article....