As I grew up, went to college, and later became a professional, I realized that I had been extraordinarily lucky to escape Chelsea. Many of the boys and girls that I grew up with were just as smart and hard-working as I was but had very different life trajectories. 

Beta Boom came out of my desire to level the playing field for innovators and entrepreneurs who don’t have connections or a fancy diploma but are building world-changing products and companies. 

Beyond my family and friends, the greatest gift I’ve been blessed with is being able to back and work alongside our founders. Beta Boomers are the most passionate, resilient, and awe-inspiring people I’ve ever met, and I am constantly humbled by how they are able to overcome adversity and make magic out of seemingly nothing. 

Outside of Beta Boom, my life revolves around sports. I am obsessed with football (or “soccer” in American). I follow the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, the German Bundesliga, the Italian Seria A, and sometimes the MLS. My teams are Liverpool and Barcelona, although I also support Valencia and Ajax. My boys are phenomenal footballers (and people in general!), and I can never wait to see them play. I’m also crazy about tennis, skiing, and road cycling. 

My favorite quote is from Milan Kundera’s Unbearable Lightness of Being: “It is alright to chide man for being blind to coincidence, for he, thereby, deprives his life of a dimension of beauty.”