Ying Tan is a self-made Entrepreneur who has worked hard to build and sell a successful business.
After his father hitchhiked his way from Malaysia over to the UK in search of a better life, his path has taken him from humble beginnings through to Investment Banking and Accounting, building a buy-to-let portfolio that led him to starting his own business, and is a forward thinking, innovative and dynamic entrepreneur with a proven track record, who thrives in founding, scaling, and exiting businesses.
Show Notes
Ying Tan is a self-made Entrepreneur who has worked hard to build and sell a successful business.
After his father hitchhiked his way from Malaysia over to the UK in search of a better life, his path has taken him from humble beginnings through to Investment Banking and Accounting, building a buy-to-let portfolio that led him to start his own business, and is a forward-thinking, innovative and dynamic entrepreneur with a proven track record, who thrives in founding, scaling, and exiting businesses.
He founded The Buy to Let Business, later to become Dynamo in Feb 2006, and exited in May 2021 having turned his company into one of the leading mortgage brokers/mortgage clubs in the UK.
Ying started to create a substantial profitable property portfolio in 1996 and has been instrumental in the success of numerous property investors worldwide.
He is a Board Adviser, Fin Tech enthusiast, angel investor, speaker, and a successfully published Author who is currently exploring further investment/advisor opportunities for entrepreneurial businesses who want to achieve their dreams.
I am sure his story will be of interest to you.
In this episode, we chat about many things, including:
- Early life and family values
- Working for free at a top investment Bank
- Being in New York during 9/11
- Changing paths suddenly
- Starting his business and early lessons learned
- Dealing with the Credit Crunch
- His biggest knocks and what they taught him
- How to not push too many trolleys
- Ying's Chinese heritage, diversity in the UK, and how his father hitchhiked to the UK from Malaysia
- Greed Vs Ambition
- How the best rewards are the hardest won
- The best piece of advice Ying ever had
- The one person you would want to meet in history and what would you ask them
This is the Pathfinder Podcast, may the path you take be the right one for you.
Creators & Guests
Host
Andrew Montlake
MD, Brand Evangelist, Spokesperson @Coreco Monty's Blog: Mortgages, PropertyAwards: Business Leader, Mortgage Personality, Spokesperson, Strategist, Marketeer
What is Pathfinders?
The definition of a pathfinder, amongst many, is “one that discovers a way especially: one that explores untraversed regions to mark out a new route.” The Pathfinder Podcast is about the journeys we take in business and in our life.
It’s about the fact that the destination is not the be-all and end-all, it’s the paths we take along the way that is the real journey. It is this that defines us and makes us who we are today.
I am setting out to meet real people who have inspired me, both within the mortgage, property and finance industry and outside it, to hear their stories and learn from the paths they have taken. Their successes and failures that have led them to become who they are today. We all have a story to tell, and perhaps their story will resonate with yours and make you realise that you are never alone. We are all pathfinders finding our way in the world.
This is the Pathfinder Podcast, may the path you take be the right one for you.