- 7+ years in content creation
- Bylines at the New York Post, Business Insider, Forbes Advisor, Toronto Star, and Vancouver Sun
Javier Ortega-Araiza is a freelance writer, storyteller, serial entrepreneur, and investor. He co-founded a seven-figure company in the educational travel sector, connecting students and professionals in finance and tech ecosystems like Silicon Valley, London, and New York. He also has experience in equity research and in the family office sector. Now, Ortega-Araiza is a passionate storyteller, creating content on a wide array of topics, and he contributes his insights on business through his newsletter Zen Capitalism.
When he is not writing, he is playing tennis, padel, pickleball, or else going for a walk on the beach.
Ortega-Araiza holds an international finance degree obtained through coursework at various educational institutions, including Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico), York University - Schulich School of Business (Canada), and Corvinus University of Budapest in Hungary. He also had practical finance training in London (London Metal Exchange), Chicago (Chicago Board of Options Exchange and CME Group), New York (Bloomberg), Frankfurt (Deutsche Börse), and Madrid, obtaining a certificate in Derivatives at the Madrid Stock Exchange.
