The Disruptor
Contrarian and drawn to the edge; challenges the settled answer.
Gary Stevenson is a former teenage drug dealer who transformed his life into that of a millionaire trader. This interview reveals his ability to navigate and disrupt societal expectations, using his unique background to inform his approach to trading and leadership.
“Everybody knows that we will get something new in politics. And it is really obvious what the loudest idea lying around now is, which is the far right. And the second loudest idea is us, tax the rich.”
“I think you just have to recognize that the average person is not super interested in politics and they're not super aware of politics. What people see, I'm always, you probably didn't see, there was a sort of meme video that went around a few years ago of an ice skating race and they're going around and around the track.”
“Oh, some of them do. Yeah. I mean, I think I sort of made Billy out to be a bit more of a villain. You know, I drew out the villainous characters, the characteristics of him. I think Billy's got happy marriage. You know, he's not the perfect man.”
“So, you know, I don't directly lobby the politicians because I think that I was writing for The Guardian and I switched to doing the YouTube because I thought that the fact that I look how I do and sound how I do will make the working class want to listen to me.”
The Rest Is Politics: Leading — 144. Gary Stevenson: From Teenage Drug Dealer to Millionaire Trader (Part 1)
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