John Salako, Business Development Director at SME Business Finance, Premier League to NFTs, Investing Matters Podcast - Episode 23

Welcome to this brand-new investing podcast from the London South East. My name is Peter Higgins, you can find me on Twitter @conkers3 and I will be your host for this series of Investing Matters podcasts. What can you expect from the Investing Matters podcasts? A great question. You will find long form interviews with noteworthy veterans and experts from the investment and fund management industry. During these interviews each interviewee will share and impart their knowledge, learning and insights on what aspects of Investing truly matters to them and what in their view should matter to investors. We hope this knowledge exchange benefits all and enables all those accessing and listening to these podcasts to achieve even greater investing success. With that in mind, welcome to episode twenty-three, which is with the hugely talented, former professional football player, five times capped former English international player, Crystal Palace Football Club legend & 1st team coach, former SKY Sports football commentator, Property Finance and Media consultant, John Salako. John Salako played as a midfielder from 1986 until 2005. He played in the Premier League for Crystal Palace, Coventry City, Bolton Wanderers and Charlton Athletic, and in the Football League for Swansea City, Fulham, Reading and concluded his football playing career at Brentford in 2005. He represented England at senior level, earning five caps, all during 1991 while he was a Crystal Palace player. From 2005 to 2015 John was a football presenter with Sky Sports, he's gone on to forge a significant media career From 2009 to 2015, alongside his punditry work, John coached within Crystal Palace's youth academy as well as for a spell with the first team. John started property investing during his playing career and has experienced the high and lows of the property market. In this Investing Matters podcast, I discuss with John, his fascinating football career, his investing style, property investing, his passion for giving back, the important charities he supports, his business investments/interests, NFTs, Tesla & Apple shares, his mentors and inspirations, Gareth Southgate, Steve Coppell, Mark Bright, Ian Wright, Kevin Keegan, financial education, dealing with setbacks and more. We hope you enjoy this podcast, and we look forward to hearing your feedback. Please subscribe to this podcast on your platform of choice and follow the @InvMattPodcast on Twitter.