From Small Acquisition to $30m Industry Leader

And I was like, wow, I want to be them. I want to be in private equity because they think about businesses like operators, but also, like, sophisticated financial people. And so I really wanted to be in private equity.

And so I had. Again, I was so lucky. I came back to Canada because my husband is a lawyer here and was able to secure one of, like, 10 seats in private equity. Had a great few years learning from some of the best investors in the country who no one's heard of, who I got to work with.

It was. It was interesting because going from a big bank, I went to this private equity fund where literally, it was like, set up your own computer. And I was like, what? You do that, right? Well, you set up your own computer.

I do.

Yeah. Me too, still.

But a big change from a big, cushy investment bank.

Yeah, huge change. And so, you know, fast forward to, like, I turned 30. The magic number for so many women. I guess it's changing now because you can freeze your eggs and do all this cool stuff, but, you know, back then, it was like, if you want to start a family, you got to start at 30.

So I decided to start a family. And in Canada, it's. It's kind of different.

And back then, like, nobody works from home, right? This is before COVID God, I'm old. Are we old? No, I'm older than you, right?

No, I think I'm older than you, Robin. So when you keep saying how old you are? Well, how old are you?

I'm 45.