ChiOdogwu
I trained in finance and started in equity research and consulting. Then I found I enjoyed asking questions as much as building models.
About
I've always been more interested in how things work than how impressive they look from the outside.
Writer, entrepreneur and consultant. I trained in finance, spent twelve years asking founders and CEOs how they built what they built, and now build in AI and vertical entertainment.
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My career makes more sense backward.
Three chapters, one habit.
In 2014 I launched The Bulletproof Entrepreneur™. The conversations turned into writing, and writing became the center of my work. Today I interview CEOs and founders for Business Insider.
Those questions led me to vertical entertainment: short, mobile-first drama and the business forming around it. I started building with Vertical Drama Jobs in 2025.
The habit: find something early, talk to the people closest to it, understand how the money works, and build something useful around it.
The short version
The résumé, in order.
- Business school
Equity research internship at Renaissance Capital.
- Oct 2011 to Mar 2015
PwC, valuation and private equity consulting.
- 2014
Launched The Bulletproof Entrepreneur™. Still going, twelve years later.
- 2015 to 2017
E-commerce entrepreneurship, plus real estate development and finance.
- 2018 to 2019
Capital raising at World Vision Canada, one of Canada's largest charities.
- May 2023 to Mar 2026
Ubora Advisory, Senior Director of Marketing, Thought Leadership and Storytelling.
- 2025 to now
Building companies in vertical entertainment and AI.
- 2022 to now
Personal finance, AI and executive storytelling.
- 2019 to now
Media consulting and full-time podcasting.
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Short · 50 words
Chi Odogwu is a writer, entrepreneur and consultant. He interviews CEOs for Business Insider's Power Hours series and has hosted The Bulletproof Entrepreneur™ podcast since 2014. He builds companies in AI and vertical entertainment, including Vertical Drama Jobs, the Micro Drama Summit and Vertical Film School.
Long · 150 words
Chi Odogwu is a writer, entrepreneur and consultant who builds companies where AI, media and entertainment meet. He started in finance, with equity research at Renaissance Capital and valuation and private equity consulting at PwC. In 2014 he launched The Bulletproof Entrepreneur™, an independent podcast with more than 850,000 downloads and listeners in over 140 countries. He has interviewed more than 250 founders and executives, including Fortune 500 CEOs, and contributes to Business Insider's Power Hours series. His work has also appeared in Forbes Middle East, Fox Business, CNET and SUCCESS. Today he builds companies in vertical entertainment, including Vertical Drama Jobs, the Micro Drama Summit and Vertical Film School, and helps companies put AI to work. He holds a finance degree from Liberty University, summa cum laude, and a master's from Brandeis University. He also taught finance at Seneca College in Toronto.