And he said , you know , if you think the grass is greener on the other side , maybe you should pay more attention to your own garden . My guest today is my great friend , Brian Lee . Brian is a rock star , serial entrepreneur and an incredibly successful venture capitalist .
How can I help you ? I'll be like , well , my name is Brian Lee and I have a business idea . I'd like to run by you .
My guest today is my great friend , Brian Lee . Brian is a rock star , serial entrepreneur and an incredibly successful venture capitalist . He is the co founder and CEO of Legalzoom , which had $575 million in revenue last year and has a market value of $1.75 billion .
Tell me about your parents and tell me specifically about your parents coming here with $500 in the wall and two suitcases . Um Yes , it's uh basically I was born in Korea uh in Seoul and my parents uh this is in the early seventies , moved to the United States with me and my older sister . Uh I was two years old at the time and we landed in America .
Today , the co founder and ex CEO of shoe dazzle a company which grew to more than $100 million in sales within two years after starting the company before it merged with just Fab , the co founder and CEO of the art of sport , where he partnered with none other than the late Kobe Bryant and is the current CEO and co founder of arena club where he's partnered with Derek Jeter , which we're going to talk about in a few minutes . Bryan is also the co founder and CEO of the incredibly successful venture capital firm Bam Ventures , which has had many billion dollar exits . And he is an incredibly generous philanthropist who is dedicated to giving back to our community .
