Q Ghaemi

My Story

Growing up in Southern California as the son of Iranian immigrants, two lessons were instilled in me from an early age. The first, from my father, was that luck is simply where hard work and preparation meet. The second, driven by his constant habit of asking “Why?”, was to always look deeper and understand the incentives behind everything. This drive to understand systems from first principles led me from a Finance degree to an unexpected career as a Hollywood agent.

The agency world was a masterclass in navigating complex systems and understanding client needs on a deep level. While there, my fascination with finance never left. I became known as “the stock guy,” constantly monitoring my portfolio. In 2019, when a few colleagues asked for investing advice, I told them my stocks were locked in a Roth IRA; all my liquid savings were going into something else entirely: Bitcoin.

That passion for sound money eventually led me to transition full-time into the Bitcoin space, where I joined the team at Bitcoin Magazine. I had the privilege of working on the content and media side, hosting and producing the flagship Bitcoin Magazine LIVE show and anchoring the news desk at major conferences. These roles allowed me to connect with the brightest minds in the industry and sharpened my ability to connect the dots for a wider audience. My goal is to help my clients do more than just buy Bitcoin; it’s to give them access to the network and knowledge I’ve built over my career

My Bitcoin Journey

I first heard about Bitcoin in 2013 but dismissed it. As the saying goes, you get Bitcoin at the price you deserve. My real journey began in late 2017 when a close friend, with whom I always discussed stocks and business ideas, told me he had quit his job to go all-in on Bitcoin. This time, I was intrigued. When I finally understood the hard-coded cap of 21 million, it just clicked. I realized its rules were locked in by decentralized consensus, not by the whim of a board or a government. The fact that its supply wasn’t controlled by a single person, but was instead enforced and verified by thousands of independent users around the world, made the hard cap truly believable. My finance degree came in handy: with a permanently fixed supply, rising demand was a matter of when, not if.
I was fortunate not to have spare cash during the 2017 peak, so instead of gambling, I studied. When I received my first bonus check as an agent in 2018, I began stacking sats and never looked back. Reading Vijay Boyapati’s The Bullish Case for Bitcoin was instrumental, illuminating the history of money and revealing just how early we still are. Hearing thinkers like Preston Pysh connect Bitcoin to traditional markets and Alex Gladstein explain its necessity for human rights solidified my conviction.
What began as a component of my investment portfolio has now become my conviction: Bitcoin is the only viable exit from the global system of endless currency debasement. Joining Swan is the culmination of this journey—a dream opportunity to pay it forward and help people use this revolutionary tool to secure their future.