Brandon grew up in Nebraska and at a very young age learned that hard work (and not letting anything get in his way) was going to be the secret recipe to his success. Remarkably, Brandon discovered his passion and the direction he wanted to take in life before he entered middle school. Every morning before school, Brandon would watch CNBC with his dad, even though he didn’t fully grasp what he was seeing. Yet, he asked his dad questions to get a better understanding of the financial markets and what he was seeing on TV. Brandon was fascinated with the efficiency of the financial markets and how a consumer could be an owner of a publicly traded company simply by purchasing shares of the un