Empowering Black Millenials with Ras Asan, Co-Founder of BREAUX Capital
On today’s episode of the Wharton FinTech Podcast, Ryan Zauk sits down with Ras Asan, Co-Founder of BREAUX Capital.
BREAUX Capital is the first fintech built by and for Black Male Millennials. It is a cooperatively owned and operated financial technology company that provides a software platform and membership community to increase the financial wellness of Black millennials. They accomplish this through savings goals, dividends & revenue sharing, co-investing opportunities, education, community building, and much more.
Ras and his team have been:
- Named to inc. magazine’s 30 under 30
- Featured in The New York Times, Black Enterprise, The Associated Press, Time Magazine, BET, The Chicago Tribune, American Banker, CNN, Huffington Post, and more
- Successfully pitched and secured investment from FUBU Founder and Shark Daymond John
- And just announced a partnership with Lenovo
In this episode, Ras discusses:
- His background and motivations for starting BREAUX Capital
- The obstacles his team faced along the way as young, black, first-time founders
- How BREAUX Capital’s financial and social products work
- Aspects of systemic inequality in the US that have destroyed black wealth creation including over-policing, redlining, and the GI Bill
- And much, much more
For more content from BREAUX Capital’s team and systemic inequality in America, we encourage viewing the below content:
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Ryan Zauk is an MBA Candidate at The Wharton School, where he runs the Wharton FinTech Podcast. After graduation, Ryan will join Morgan Stanley’s Menlo Park Office focused on technology. He has a passion for music, media, and all things FinTech.
You can reach him at rzauk@wharton.upenn.edu or on Twitter.
