Former Wall Street Banker & Pension Fund CEO | Helping thousands of Europeans build long-term wealth through simple, passive investing.
Tom is a former Wall Street banker, award-winning writer, and co-founder of a pension fund, who has spent over a decade helping Europeans make smarter investment decisions.
Today, he is one of Europe’s leading voices on evidence-based investing, trusted by thousands of investors across more than 30 countries.
Tom’s true passion is making investing simple – helping everyday Europeans build long-term wealth using a simple investing system that takes only 3 hours per year to manage.
Born and raised in Latvia, I've spent two decades in the financial markets, from Wall Street banks to co-funding a European pension fund. Here's the short version.
Although I'm European – born in Riga, Latvia – my career in finance began on Wall Street in America, at investment banks UBS and Scotia Capital.
Later I moved back to Europe and co-founded the successful investment company INDEXO, which today has over 150 thousand clients and is traded on Nasdaq Baltic.
As CEO of INDEXO, I led a regulated pension fund managing a portfolio of several hundred millions euros. We made low-cost index investing available to hundreds of thousands of pension savers.
After leaving my role as a pension fund CEO, I built an award-winning education business that now reaches hundreds of thousands of Europeans.
Today, I help Europeans make smarter financial decisions and build long-term wealth through my investment training programs, educational content, and public speaking – including one of the largest YouTube channels focused on investing for Europeans.
In our private training programs and communities, I’ve hosted workshops and in-depth conversations with some of the world’s leading experts in investing, money and business.
Fireside Q&A with The Psychology of Money author Morgan Housel on money, behaviour, long-term investing, and how our relationship with wealth changes as we accumulate more of it.
Guest session and Q&A with Oxford professor and private equity researcher Ludovic Phalippou on private equity returns, fees, risks, and what individual investors should understand before investing.
Guest session and Q&A with bestselling author Sally Lawson on property investing, drawing on 25+ years of experience managing thousands of properties.
Panel discussion and Q&A with cross-border investment adviser Tariq Dennison, advising affluent and high-net-worth clients across Europe, Switzerland, the US and Hong Kong, on choosing financial advisers, working with private banks, and managing investments internationally.
Guest session and Q&A with banking executive Viktors Bolbats, formerly with Rothschild & Co Bank in Zurich and Credit Suisse AG (Zurich) on private banking, wealth management, and working effectively with financial professionals.
Guest session and Q&A with Liechtenstein based trust, foundation and international structuring specialist Jessica Benvenuti-Schaedler on estate planning, succession, and when trusts and foundations can be useful.
Panel discussion and Q&A with private wealth lawyer Julija Neves, Partner at Kore Partners, on international tax, estate planning, and cross-border wealth structuring for individuals and families.
Guest session and Q&A with Mentor Family founder Scott Donnell on raising financially capable children and helping your adult children develop stronger money skills.
Guest session and Q&A with University of Amsterdam professor Paul Smeets on when and how to approach philanthropy, give effectively, and create meaningful impact.
Panel discussion with investment adviser Antonio Hormigos, formerly Director of Stock Investments at Sabadell Asset Management, on portfolio management and choosing financial professionals.
My YouTube channel has become a go-to resource for European investors looking for clear, practical guidance on retirement investing, ETFs, portfolios and long-term wealth building.
