Carver started trading silver futures part-time in college before landing a job at Edward Jones.See more stories on Insider's business pageRandy Carver always says to question the experts. It's an understandable philosophy for somebody who had a cancer misdiagnosed at age 12, which ended up involving multiple treatments and surgeries before having his left lung removed.
Carver's persistence has continued to be tested. As an adult, he survived a crash of a plane he was flying with his wife and 14-week-old baby that left him unable to speak for a whole year . As an employee of financial services firm Edward Jones at the time, he was forced to communicate with clients with written notes.
Six years ago, Carver suffered a heart attack. He missed one day of work. If anything, all of these experiences worked to give Carver a sense of what risks to focus on.It now manages over $2 billion in assets."People focus on taking the wrong risks," Carver says on taking the leap to start his own firm."But it's never the bus you see coming that hits you."
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