Codie Sanchez is an entrepreneur, investor, and founder of Contrarian Thinking, a media and education platform with millions of followers that teaches people how to achieve financial freedom through buying “boring businesses.” A former journalist turned Wall Street investor, she worked at firms like Goldman Sachs and First Trust before shifting to small-business acquisitions. Today, she’s a sought-after speaker, NYT bestselling author of Main Street Millionaire, and host of The Big Deal Podcast, with a mission to create one million financially free humans through ownership.