Podcast › #27
About this episode
This episode of FIRE University features a heavyweight guest: Will Huang (黃士豪), an entrepreneur who climbed back from rock bottom, a financial educator, and author of the bestseller How Much Is Enough for This Life? (這輩子賺多少才夠).
His story isn't only about growing wealth; it's about redefining his own worth after life's hardest times, and finally gaining the freedom to choose how he lives.
Will went from NT$30 million (about US$1 million) in debt to a fortune of over NT$100 million. He was formerly CEO of global fintech for an Australian listed group, and is now co-founder and CEO of GoodWhale, a Singapore financial-education tech startup. With deep experience in finance, he also serves as an angel investor for Taiwan's National Development Fund, and champions the idea that "financial education is a basic human right."
Highlights: • The dream warehouse: how to make your vision concrete through systematic records, giving your financial planning a goal and a direction. • The "high-altitude system": thinking about financial strategy from a whole-life view, solving today's problems while planning for the future. • Why journaling matters: how Will uses a journal to understand himself and clarify his financial goals and life choices. • From debt to a fortune: how did a kid from southern Taiwan become an international entrepreneur? • The key mindset shift: financial freedom isn't about earning more, but about building self-worth and the power to choose.
We talk not only about how Will turned his finances around, but also about his core belief that "financial education is a basic human right."
Whether you're pursuing financial freedom or already on your way, this episode has plenty to inspire you.