My name is Candi Carrera. Born in 1972, I have been a value investor since 2001 with 90% of my personal savings invested in blue chip companies. One of my core principles is to never borrow money when investing in the stock market. I keep the remaining 10% as a permanent cash reserve to buy more stocks when markets get irrational & depressed which happens in average once every 2 to 4 years.

At the age of 50 and thanks to the value investing principles learned from Warren Buffett, I was able to "retire" and live today from the passive stream of income that my value investing portfolio delivers. My personal mission is to help people reach their financial & intellectual independence by teaching them value investing. Since May 1st, 2024, I have co-created Vinley, which is an AI companion for value investors.

My main attitude as value investor is to buy shares as if I would be buying the whole company, acting as a business owner and understanding the business I am investing into.

During bear markets, investors are depressed and become pessimistic. I take the opportunity during those periods to buy great companies at low prices. As famous investor John Templeton said : "If you want to have a better performance than the crowd, you must do things differently from the crowd". My courses aim at developing a strong investing mindset in order to make better investment decisions and being able to develop and grow a stream of passive income.

In parallel to being a value investor since 2001, I have been in many Senior Management positions during my career running companies up to 200 MUSD in annual revenue. Currently I am serving as independent board director in 2 companies in Luxembourg & Dubai/UAE and also running 36 Square Capital our family-owned holding company.

From an educational background perspective, I have a Master in Business Administration from University of Lorraine (France) and a Certificate in Value Investing from University of Luxembourg. In 2023 I received from INSEAD the certification of International Directors Programme (IDP-C). I have also been mentoring young entrepreneurs in Luxembourg & university spinoffs since 2010.

Since many years I lecture at University of Luxembourg on topics like Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Strategic management and Entrepreneurship and more recently in 2023 I am privileged to teach at French business school of management ESSCA as adjunct faculty.

Last but not least I try to be a good husband and father to my wife & 2 children.