Onehaas

Episode #34: In this 34th episode of OneHaas, hosts Sean and Ray talk to current EWMBA student Jarrett Wright (‘22). They discuss his upbringing, background in real estate, his time in prison, and how he has been making the most of his time at Haas.Episode Highlights:Jarrett also went to Berkeley for his undergrad and majored in Rhetoric. He knew from the start that he eventually wanted an MBA.He founded a real estate company when he was 19 and earned his first million within 30 months, ran the company for about a decade, but was wiped out in the 2008 crash.In his desperation to avoid financial ruin, he made choices that landed him in federal prison for 18 months.While living in a halfway house, he went back to school and worked with no computer, writing essays on his cell phone and graduated with a 3.98 GPA.Jarrett began the Umoja-UBAKA community for black students on campus at Laney College.Jarrett knew Haas was the right fit for him because of the empathy and values embedded in the curriculum. He is using