Join Michael Katchen, HBA '09, the founder and CEO of Wealthsimple, Canada's fastest growing digital investing service. Frustrated by his options as a retail investor in Canada, Katchen started Wealthsimple to make smart investing easy, low-cost, and accessible to everyone, regardless of age or net worth.

Event Details: 

Date: Monday, November 27, 2017
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Wealthsimple UK Office, 160 Victoria St
Cost: Complimentary
Agenda:
6:00 p.m. - Guest Arrival
6:00 - 6:40 p.m. - Networking
6:40 - 6:45 p.m. - Intro by Vivek
6:45 - 7:00 p.m. - Michael to speak
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Open networking

Since founding the company in 2014, Michael has grown the business to over 40,000 clients globally with $1billion in assets under administration and $100 million in backing from Power Financial. To celebrate reaching the $1billion milestone, Michael and the team welcomed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the company's headquarters in May where Trudeau spoke to Wealthsimple's impact saying, “Wealthsimple is an example of fintech at its finest. The success of this business has turned heads all over the world.”

In September, Wealthsimple launched in the UK marking the company's first international expansion beyond North America as part of the company's mission to become a global provider of high-quality financial services.

Michael will speak about his journey from Ivey to entrepreneur, what it takes to disrupt financial services and how he's taking a Canadian company global.