# E065: What US Presidents Teach Us About Wealth, Risk, and the American Dream with Megan Gorman Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-big-strategy-podcast-7027508/e065-what-us-presidents-teach-us-about-wealth-risk-and-the-american-dream-with-megan-gorman Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-big-strategy-podcast-7027508/e065-what-us-presidents-teach-us-about-wealth-risk-and-the-american-dream-with-megan-gorman.md Podcast: [The BIG Strategy Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-big-strategy-podcast-7027508) Published: 2025-09-02T12:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://development.brstdev.com/biginnovates/podcast/e065-what-us-presidents-teach-us-about-wealth-risk-and-the-american-dream-with-megan-gorman Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/fbf6dfa4-bd73-490d-a125-06a817909e72.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-big-strategy-podcast-7027508/episodes/e065-what-us-presidents-teach-us-about-wealth-risk-and-the-american-dream-with-megan-gorman Duration seconds: 2822 ## Resource Author of All the Presidents’ Money , Megan Gorman is a wealth manager, tax expert, and author with a passion for U.S. presidential history, especially how presidents earned, managed, lost and grew their fortunes. In this interview, Megan joins host Jeff Eyet to discuss her book exploring the financial journeys, failures, and legacies of America’s leaders, distilling their personal money lessons for today’s listeners. In this episode, we explore: Money wins (and flops) of US presidents George Washington’s budgeting playbook for power and legacy How short-term vs. long-term thinking built legacies Modern money lessons in luck, risk and generational wealth Smart takeaways from presidents’ second acts and estate plans Connect with Megan Gorman on LinkedIn All the Presidents' Money – Book All the Presidents’ Money – Website Chequers Financial Management Connect with Jeff Eyet on LinkedIn  Follow The Berkeley Innovation Group  Download The BIG Strategy Playbook for FREE Subscribe to The Berkeley Innovation Group Youtube Channel  Find out more about The Berkeley Innovation Group: www.biginnovates.com   ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-big-strategy-podcast-7027508/episodes/e065-what-us-presidents-teach-us-about-wealth-risk-and-the-american-dream-with-megan-gorman/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-big-strategy-podcast-7027508/e065-what-us-presidents-teach-us-about-wealth-risk-and-the-american-dream-with-megan-gorman.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.