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Contrarian Thinking is a business advisory and investment firm with a strong media presence with over 13 million subscribers and reaching millions of current and future business owners. Its advisory programs focus on Acquisitions (Contrarian Academy) and Business Scaling (Growth Boardroom) as well as specialized programs for business owners and aspiring owners throughout their ownership journeys.
Codie Sanchez is the founder and CEO of Contrarian Thinking, a business advisory and investment firm, and Contrarian Thinking Capital, a small business holding company that is focused on bringing Main Street businesses back to the limelight.
Codie Sanchez is the founder and CEO of Contrarian Thinking, a business advisory and investment firm with a strong media presence with over 13 million subscribers and reaching millions of current and future business owners. Codie also runs Contrarian Capital, a small business holding company focused on infrastructure for main street businesses.
She is a former private equity investor who built a major Latin America investment business and held leadership positions at Goldman Sachs, State Street, and Vanguard. She started as a journalist, winning the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and a Howard G. Buffett Foundation grant for border conflict.
She has an MBA from Georgetown University, a master’s from ESADE and Fundação Getúlio Vargas, and a BA from Arizona State University.
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