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Jess Mah: High earners should merge advice from multiple elite tax strategists

Jess Mah · From High School Dropout To $952 Million At 33 | Jess Mah Interview (#526) · Dec 4, 2023 · at 48:26

Serial entrepreneur Jess Mah explains ultra-high-net-worth wealth management tactics to Shaan Puri on My First Million.

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“I've gotten enough of these tax professional intros where now I have a whole collection of them. I call and I can buy the advice from multiple tax professionals and merge it all together. And I think that's the next level. Most people just pick one person and they say, oh, I've been working with Betty as my tax accountant for the past 10 years. Well, Betty doesn't work with billionaires. It's time for a new tax accountant.”

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