Matthew Jennings

Love makes the world go around. Make it a point each day to go out of your way to make someone's day!

Matthew, happy to have you on FHM, what plans are in the works for you this year?

This year starts the first year of my semi-retirement. In my semiretirement, I plan to focus on promoting Private Placement Life Insurance Policies (a very highlevel tax strategy), writing books, and promoting business retreats and workshops at my estate in Medellin, Colombia.

Being a successful businessman and respected in your field, let's get into what it is you do?

I am a Global Estate Planner. Establishing Private Placement Life Insurance (PPLI) policies for celebrities and the world's wealthiest people is what I do. My mentor operates in more than 111 countries, and he introduced me to PPLI, which in my opinion, is the "Holy Grail" of all tax strategies. It is a triedand-true tax strategy promoted by some of the largest law firms in the world including #5 Baker McKenzie.

What was your key driving force to become an entrepreneur?

I have a fear of being poor because I grew up poor...the youngest black male of a single mother of six children. I often found myself unemployed even though I was highly skilled and educated. I turned to entrepreneurship to create opportunities for myself. Why wait to sit at someone else's table when a person can make their own table.

How do you build a successful customer base?