He pastored for 30 years, then sold his company in a ~$500M deal — and gave away $1.5M the same week.
Also, this podcast is made by Hampton, which is a community for founders doing on average $20 million a year in revenue. We saw a lot of these money conversations happening privately behind closed doors and we thought, "What the heck, let's make it public." If you are a founder, apply here:
http://joinhampton.com/mwDean Sweetman spent 30 years as a pastor before founding Tithe.ly at 51 — a giving platform for churches that Excel KKR acquired in a deal in the hundreds of millions. The same week the wire hit, he moved $1.5 million into a donor-advised fund he can never take back. Today he's worth $30–50M, gives away 10–15% of it every year, and still budgets like he did when he ended each week with $150 to spare.
This episode covers the anatomy of his exit — upfront cash, rolled equity, earn-outs — and where every dollar sits now: 95% liquid, 50% indexed, 5% of net worth in debt. Plus the $10,000 tips he leaves strangers in airports, why he calls himself a "biblical capitalist," the dollar amount where he stopped thinking about money, and what he plans to do with all of it when he's gone.
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This is Moneywise, a podcast where host Daniel Berk is joined by high-net-worth guests to explore exclusive insights into personal finance and lifestyle tailored for other high-net-worth people, or those on their way. They'll get radically transparent about the numbers, revealing things like their burn rates, portfolios, and spending habits. This podcast was made for the Hampton community, a private, highly-vetted, peer membership community for founders and CEOs of fast-growing, tech-enabled startups. Check it out at https://joinhampton.com/.