Why Fil-Am Snapchat millionaire kept working after $54-M jackpot

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/business/03/27/20170327-tfcu-gee-2-fsj.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Garrett Gee, web designer, app developer and multi-millionaire at 28-years old gives an inspirational talk to a crowd of students at the TFCU Talks at the Dolphy Theater in ABS-CBN . <cite>Fernando G. Sepe Jr., ABS-CBN News</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - Technology entrepreneur Garrett Gee was $54 million richer when he decided to start fresh as an &quot;adventure travel journalist,&quot; exploring the world with his wife and two young kids.The flip flop-wearing Filipino American recalled how he was at a crossroads after having sold his scanning app to US-based social networking giant Snapchat.Gee said he was ready to go on a &quot;never ending vacation and be done with it,&quot; living off instant fortune.But together with his wife, Gee hatched a plan to document their adventures on &quot;The Bucket List Family&quot; and encourage people to travel.&quot;Don&#x27;t get comfortable. Comfort never was happiness. You can get comfortable for a little bit, that&#x27;s when life stops,&quot; Gee told TFCU.Gee said the sale of Scan to Snapchat was a turning point that could have turned bad, had he chosen an easy life, free from money problems.&quot;None of this is gonna matter of I can&#x27;t take this situation and make something special of it,&quot; he said.Gee, who is in his mid-20s, is in the Philippines for the first time, working on a television and website project with ABS-CBN International.He said his new work is as enlightening as it is financially rewarding.&quot;You learn a lot of lessons everyday, one thing you learn when you&#x27;re traveling is (there are) good people all around the world,&quot; he said.&quot;Maybe the world is a scary place. When you travel, you learn the opposite: The world is safe, the world is beautiful, the world is kind,&quot; he added.

Technology entrepreneur Garrett Gee was $54 million richer when he decided to start fresh as an "adventure travel journalist," exploring the world with his wife and two young kids.

Technology entrepreneur Garrett Gee was $54 million richer when he decided to start fresh as an "adventure travel journalist," exploring the world with his wife and two young kids.

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Why Fil-Am Snapchat millionaire kept working after $54-M jackpot

Why Fil-Am Snapchat millionaire kept working after $54-M jackpot

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Published Mar 27, 2017 03:50 PM PHT

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Updated Mar 27, 2017 04:15 PM PHT

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