Who Is Codie Sanchez? Husband, Age, Wiki, and Net Worth

Codie Sanchez Biography

To many who don’t know about her, Codie Sanchez is an American entrepreneur, journalist, and social media star known for creating lots of content about finance. She is known for her bold contrarian thinking and financial expertise, as well as her impressive entrepreneurial journey. let’s take a look at some things many people probably don’t know about Codie. Let’s get straight into it.

Early Life and Career

First and foremost, Codie credits her value for education and ownership directly to his parents. She has revealed that her parents, a self-made blue-collar builder, and a special education teacher, always inspired her to take risks and to build her own future under her own rules.

Educational Background

Regarding her educational background, Codei attended Arizona State University, where she earned her degree in journalism and political science. She also studied Spanish and public relations while at ASU. Maybe a little bit more about her time at ASU; Codie was an ASU Senator, the chair of Order of Omega Honors Society, and Vice President of Administration of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority.

Codie now holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Georgetown University, which also includes 3 international accreditations, just to put the icing on the cake.

Career Overview

Codie was (and still is) incredibly passionate about highlighting things affecting the less fortunate around the world, a passion that drove her to travel to Mexico, where she covered several atrocities being experienced by the citizens of Juarez. And surprise surprise, Codie earned herself the Robert F. Kennedy Award for print journalism.

Soon after, she switched from journalism to finance and, in 2008, took up her first job at Vanguard, where she worked as an ETF Consultant and, Distribution Specialist. She worked at Vanguard from August 2008 to February 2010. Codie was able to witness the effects of the financial crisis on people who by many extents, were financially illiterate and thus followed her dedication to learning how to earn more money so she could help other people do the same.

Codie joined Goldman Sachs in January 2010 and worked as an investment associate at the company up until July 2011. Thereafter, she joined State Street where she was the director of institutional sales from June 2011 to March 2014.  She was employed as the head of Latin America Investments at First Trust in Dallas Texas, a role she held from March 2014 to May 2019.

Transition to Entrepreneurship

Codie Sanchez worked at Entourage Effect Capital from May 2019 to March 2022, having held several roles including board member and managing director before finally co-founding Unconventional Acquisitions in 2021. Unconventional Acquisitions is a company that buys, sells, and invests in small businesses and also teaches aspiring entrepreneurs how to get into the ownership seat.

She founded Contrarian Thinking, a company focused on helping people become financially and philosophically free by teaching them how to create wealth. It’s more of a mission to help people live the life they want, not the life they can. With her immense success in the recent years, Codie Sanchez currently boasts an estimated net worth of around $18 million.

Personal Life

Codie Sanchez is 38 years old and celebrates her birthday on August 23. She was born and raised in the United States. Codie is married to her loving husband, Chris Petkas, a United States Navy veteran who is an advocate for the use of AI for Defense.