Hong Kong-born Stephanie Leung grew up in a family where dinner conversations would revolve around stocks and investments. Even as a student studying computer science at the University of Michigan and later pursuing her master’s degree at Stanford University, she found time to trade, particularly in tech stocks in the early 2000s.
Upon returning to Asia to join management consultancy McKinsey in Hong Kong, the 44-year-old made the decision to sell all her tech stocks, a move she now regrets, as these same companies have since grown exponentially. Over the years, her journey from a computer science graduate to a consultant, trader, hedge fund founder, and now the chief investment officer of Stashaway, has changed her relationship with money. Today, Stephanie is a firm
