# Jack Raines

> Jack Raines is a writer, investor, and author who turned a $150,000 trading loss into a media career and a Penguin Random House book deal. He writes Young Money, a newsletter with 61,000+ subscribers covering behavioral finance, career philosophy, and what your twenties are actually for. He's now an investment associate at Slow Ventures, where he works on their $63M Creator Fund. Known for viral LinkedIn satire that got him reported to Columbia Business School as the 'Bacon Bandit of Hell's Kitchen,' he combines intellectual rigor with a refusal to take himself too seriously.

- **Role:** Investment Associate at Slow Ventures
- **Organizations:** Slow Ventures, Young Money (newsletter), Columbia Business School, Sherwood News (Robinhood), Litquidity Media
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Finance and Spanish, Mercer University, MBA, Columbia Business School
- **Known for:** CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team (2019) - one of the most prestigious scholar-athlete awards, 4.0 GPA at Mercer University; President's List every semester, Division I FCS football walk-on who earned scholarship; 76 career tackles

## Career timeline

- **2019** — Graduated Mercer University; CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team; SoCon Postgraduate Scholarship
- **2020** — Joined UPS as Financial Analyst in Atlanta, GA ($55k salary); started options trading during COVID pandemic
- **2021-03** — Made $24,000 on SPY puts during market crash, then promptly lost $20k buying more
- **2021-07** — Launched Young Money newsletter on Substack
- **2021-08** — Lost $157,000 in a single minute on Katapult SPAC warrants ($2,516.33/second); quit UPS two weeks later
- **2021-09** — Bought one-way ticket to Barcelona; began 4-month backpacking trip across 25 countries
- **2021-11** — Got deported from Norway with friend Devin over EU vaccine card technicality
- **2022** — Became Editor-in-Chief of Litquidity Media's 'Exec Sum' newsletter (250,000 readers); enrolled at Columbia Business School
- **2022** — Began viral LinkedIn satire campaign; went viral with '1,000 vaccine' post hitting 10M impressions
- **2024-03** — Joined Sherwood News (Robinhood subsidiary) as Associate Editor
- **2024-08** — Signed book deal with Penguin Random House (Portfolio imprint) for 'Young Money: A Field Guide to Wealth and Purpose in Your Twenties'
- **2025-01** — Joined Slow Ventures as Investment Associate; moved to San Francisco; left Sherwood News
- **2026-08** — Book 'Young Money' published by Penguin Random House

## Achievements

- CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team (2019) - one of the most prestigious scholar-athlete awards
- 4.0 GPA at Mercer University; President's List every semester
- Division I FCS football walk-on who earned scholarship; 76 career tackles
- SoCon Postgraduate Scholarship recipient (2020)
- Columbia Business School MBA (2024)
- Built Young Money newsletter from 0 to 61,000+ subscribers
- Edited Exec Sum newsletter to 250,000 readers at Litquidity Media
- Book deal with Penguin Random House (2024); 'Young Money' published August 2026
- Single tweets hitting 30 million+ impressions
- ~70K Twitter followers, ~61K newsletter subscribers, ~40K LinkedIn followers
- Investment Associate at Slow Ventures working on $63M Creator Fund
- Has his own Know Your Meme entry for viral internet presence

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Book 'Young Money: A Field Guide to Wealth and Purpose in Your Twenties' published by Penguin Random House (Portfolio imprint)
- **2025-01** — Joined Slow Ventures as Investment Associate; moved from NYC to San Francisco; now working on $63M Creator Fund alongside Sam Lessin
- **2024-08** — Signed book deal with Penguin Random House after 3 months developing the proposal, with agent David Fugate
- **2024-03** — Joined Sherwood News (Robinhood's media subsidiary) as Associate Editor, writing 'Weird Money' column
- **2024** — Graduated Columbia Business School MBA program

## Links

- Website: https://www.youngmoney.co/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackraines
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Jack_Raines
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jack_raines/

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Last updated: 2026-04-26