- Salim Elhila founded a cryptocurrency company with his friend, Tan Gera.
- Last year, business made $ 13 million in revenue, and Elhila is now a multimillionaire.
- He and Tan spend most days together and travel with their families.
This strong essay — to based on a conversation with Salim Elhilaassociate of Decentralized. Hasten edited for length and clarity.
When I was in the early 20s, I left my job and rented a van. I had lived in Australia at that time for that job and spent three months traveling on the site from south to north. It was the last freedom. I could just parked the van and sleep wherever I wanted. I realized that I wanted a life with freedom to go anywhere, at all times.
Before I lived Van Life, I was on the right track for a traditional finance career. I grew up in France and later Morocco. I studied mathematics and engineering in France and started working in the predictive finance after graduation. For six years, I got up to corporate positions across the globe until I got that job in Australia.
He came with good salary and a pleasant lifestyle, but the job was making me miserable. I realized that the corporate world, with its strict frames, was not for me.
I kept traveling and discovering electronic trade
After traveling around Australia, I went to Bali. There, I noticed a guy working on his laptop on the beach. He explained to me that he had an e -commerce company and was able to make about $ 1,000 a month working from everywhere. This was amazing to me because, with that much money, you can live anywhere in Southeast Asia.
In the meantime, I was finishing the money. I returned to my parents’ home in Morocco and asked them to borrow € 2,000 (about $ 2,100) to start an e -commerce. Within a few weeks, I made $ 10,000 selling telephone cases that looked like Gameboy.
Both friends looked at decentralized company masters. Courtesy of Salim Elhila
I met my business partner, and our company rose quickly
The money was good, but e -commerce was not fulfilling me. I was very interested in cryptocurrency and asked my networks if someone knew a cryptic expert. So I met Tan.
Tan was also running his successful business at the time. We both were in the mid -20s and spent time to exchange information about business and crypt. Like typical young people, we also separated together. We could enliven personally and professionally, and by the end of the year, we knew we wanted to start a business.
Our company, decentralized masters, came to life in 2022. We learn investors – most of which have very traditional portfolios – for the investment of cryptocurrencies. It got up quickly, and last year, we earned more than $ 13 million in revenue. Now I’m a multimillionaire.
Tan and I are the opposite, and that is our power
Tan and I have become too close to the last years. We spend almost all our time together. I think I see him more than his mother at this point. Our families have become close, and I call his mother my second mother. Last year, we took both our families on vacation in Japan.
Life is sometimes mystical, and the tan meeting felt that way. Our business has been so successful because we are the opposite. Anything I miss, he has a lot, and vice versa. Our employees call us yin and yang. I am creative, while Tan is the embodiment of the structure. He has a strange ability to make order from chaos.
Tan and I plan to work together long -term
When you achieve financial success as ours at such a young age, it can be difficult to stay related to reality. Sometimes, you forget that you are living a really special life.
Tan and I live in the same apartment building in Dubai, in units with the same appearance, just a few floors away. We haven’t planned for this – just happened.
We have about 10 people who help us choose our lives. This includes executive assistants, chefs, personal trainers and extending coaches. We try to make sure that every aspect of our day is optimized in all respects.
We even plan our entertainment. At the beginning of the year, we list the places we want to go and the experiences we want to have. We travel together often, whether for US to meet other people in cryptocurrencies or on the island of Mykonos for some sun. We make sure we have time in our schedule so far, because we do not want any aspect of our life to be neglected. This year, we are also planning to participate in more spiritual attraction.
Tan and I are business partners and hope to be for life. We are intentional to live at a pace that we will be able to keep for the next 40 to 60 years.