From $50 to Millions: Investing Tips I Wish I Had at 17
Mark Pavlyukovskyy and Hendrik Remigereau host TechMates, the NZVC podcast. The guest on this episode is Leighton Roberts, Co-CEO of Sharesies, and it went out on 6 May 2025. It covers the NZVC portfolio company Sharesies.
- Guest
- Leighton Roberts, Co-CEO of Sharesies
- Date
- 6 May 2025
- Companies
- Sharesies
- Watch
- YouTube
- Listen
- Spotify
Leighton Roberts, co-CEO of Sharesies, ex-Army trumpeter and accidental brewery founder, walks through the arc from $50 teenage investment clubs to running an 800,000-user wealth platform. He explains how a coin toss, a stint in basic training, and a missed Ethereum buy fed a mission to create one million millionaires. The conversation covers democratizing wealth, AI handling 85 percent of customer support, and why luck plus execution beats perfect strategy.
“Create one million millionaires.”Leighton Roberts
- $50 to financial freedom: teen investment clubs and compounding power.
- Building Sharesies: fractional shares, regulation hacks, and three co-CEOs.
- AI and customer care: 85 percent of support now LLM-powered.
- Waitoa Beer pivot: scaling a brewery during COVID lockdowns.
Companies in this episode
Sharesies, fintech, investing, democratizing wealth, AI customer support, KiwiSaver