Garrett Gunderson

Founder, Multiplier · 1 appearance on the record.

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Garrett Gunderson is a bestselling author of personal finance books, including Killing Sacred Cows and What Would the Rockefellers Do?. After founding and exiting financial education firm Wealth Factory, he founded Multiplier to help entrepreneurs optimize cash flow and implement wealth strategies.

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The record, in short

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Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted

Gunderson: 91% of people worth over $5M own a business

“91% of people worth five million or more own a business.”

Garrett Gunderson Nov 2, 2017 ▶ 25:35 831: You Have $10k, Should You Defer or Deduct?

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What they said7 Episodes1

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Opinion

Gunderson: Billionaires interviewed in Tony Robbins' book give horrendously bad advice

“He interviews a lot of billionaires, and the billionaires are absolutely giving horrendously bad advice.”

Garrett Gunderson Nov 2, 2017 ▶ 25:09 831: You Have $10k, Should You Defer or Deduct?

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Gunderson's self-published book earns significantly more than his NYT bestseller

“So that self published book is making me a lot more money than my New York Times bestseller ever did simply because I've licensed it To other financial professionals.”

Garrett Gunderson Nov 2, 2017 ▶ 7:56 831: You Have $10k, Should You Defer or Deduct?

Disclosure

Gunderson used appreciated art donation to create a major tax deduction

“I owned a bunch of artwork that appraised for substantially more than I owned it for, and when I donated it created a massive tax deduction, so I could defer and then strategically pull money out during that time.”

Garrett Gunderson Nov 2, 2017 ▶ 16:32 831: You Have $10k, Should You Defer or Deduct?

Insight

Gunderson: Individuals with over $50M net worth should use traditional family offices

“People with fifty million or a hundred million or more net worth, I highly recommend they go to a family office. Family offices are phenomenal. So what I built was a virtual family office For those people that wouldn't qualify”

Garrett Gunderson Nov 2, 2017 ▶ 18:20 831: You Have $10k, Should You Defer or Deduct?

Assertion Contradicted

Gunderson: 91% of people worth over $5M own a business

“91% of people worth five million or more own a business.”

Garrett Gunderson Nov 2, 2017 ▶ 25:35 831: You Have $10k, Should You Defer or Deduct?

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Gunderson sold 22,000 copies of 'Killing Sacred Cows' before release

“I already knew how to sell it before the product was done because I sold 22,000 copies of my book before it was even published.”

Garrett Gunderson Nov 2, 2017 ▶ 5:02 831: You Have $10k, Should You Defer or Deduct?

Assertion Partly supported

Gunderson: Average top US tax bracket historically exceeds 60%

“In 1913, when we had the U.S. Revenue Act, it was a temporary act, and yet the top average bracket's over 60% in its history.”

Garrett Gunderson Nov 2, 2017 ▶ 14:54 831: You Have $10k, Should You Defer or Deduct?

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
831: You Have $10k, Should You Defer or Deduct?	Nov 2, 2017	16m

Garrett Gunderson

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