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Bill Harris

Cofounder, PayPal

Search every verified Bill Harris interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Bill Harris, cofounder and former CEO of PayPal, has been promoting his new AI-based financial advice platform, Evergreen.ai, through a series of media appearances and a podcast called "Money Lab." In interviews with Yahoo Finance and NYSE Live, Harris described the platform as a specialized system for personal financial advice rather than a general-purpose chatbot, stating that it is a registered investment adviser and that user data is not used for training or sent over the open internet. He said the platform targets households with incomes between $125,000 and $250,000 and assets between $200,000 and $2 million, and he discussed its potential to provide personalized strategies for retirement, investment, and tax planning. In the "Money Lab" podcast, Harris has addressed topics such as retirement savings adequacy, tax-efficient cash placement, and early retirement. He cited statistics on Americans' fear of running out of money and the percentage of households projected to do so, and he argued that many people spend more time planning vacations than retirement. In a separate interview on the "MoneyWise" podcast, Harris discussed his personal net worth of approximately $100 million and his philosophy that money is a means to an end, noting that he has simplified his possessions to focus on time rather than things.

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“The way you earn your income can matter as much as how much you earn. So, who pays the highest taxes? Well, you know who it is. It's high earners who work for a living. People like Sally, who have a big paycheck but don't own big investments. Or not so big paychecks.”

“The United States income tax is an unholy mess. Among tax systems, it's the most complex beast in the developed world. 37 million words of rules and regulations. I ran TurboTax for 10 years and I've read less than 1% of those words. But why? How did our tax system run so far out of control?”

“Money is a means to an end. It's not an end. Yes, it's about money, but it's not about money as a scorecard or something like that. It's about how do you bring your life and your resources together? Cuz that's about all we've got. Money, life, and time.”

“I think it is horrible. I think Robinhood is teaching an entire generation exactly the wrong way to invest. I'm very supportive of the people I used to compete with, Wealthfront and Betterment. Why? Diversification, long-term investing, and you know, looking first at the risk profile and all that. But if you're doing frequent trades, heaven forbid if you're doing options and futures, you're just, you know, you're pla”

“I am very much against Robinhood; I think they are teaching an entire generation of people exactly the wrong way to invest and encouraging them. I think they're doing these people and their families a huge disservice.”

“The industry thinks in pre-tax terms and it's only half the story because you can't put pre-tax money in the bank. So we really focus on after-tax performance as the only thing that counts.”

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