Jack Zhang earned $2M-$5M annually from side hustles before founding Airwallex
Jack Zhang · Airwallex CEO & Co-Founder, Jack Zhang: The Angel That Turned $1M into $1BN · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · May 26, 2025 · at 12:29
Jack Zhang, co-founder and CEO of Airwallex, reflects on his financial situation before founding Airwallex while working in finance/tech and running several side businesses.
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“And, you know, I'm, you know, make 200,000 a year on my full-time job more or less. And I make, you know, two, three, four, five million dollars a year on the other side hustle as kind of that business is getting more mature.”
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