Aug 14, 2015 | News Article
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Aug 10, 2015 | News Article
Zak Williams, son of beloved actor Robin Williams, and Curtis Carroll, an inmate, co-teach a financial literary class at San Quentin State Prison in California.Williams has an MBA from Columbia and spends a lot of his time studying behavioral finance and valuing tech...
Aug 9, 2015 | News Article
After his father Robin Williams died last year, 32-year-old Zak Williams decided to explore how he could give back to the community.Robin Williams publicly struggled with addiction and mental illness, and Zak Williams says his dad had immense empathy for people who...
Aug 5, 2015 | News Article
San Quentin inmate Curtis Carroll, nicknamed “Wall Street,” spends 18 hours a day studying the stock market. He carries a folder labeled “penny stocks” with printouts of his favorite stocks, broken down by how they performed each day. He...
May 19, 2015 | News Article
Rahsaan Thomas is a 44-year-old inmate at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. He has served 15 years of a 15-to-life sentence for 2nd-degree murder, with a 35-year enhancement for using a firearm. He shot and killed two armed men who he says were stealing...
Mar 21, 2015 | News Article
Prison is perhaps the last place anyone would expect to learn about investing and money management. But at San Quentin Prison, Curtis Carroll’s class is a hot item. The 36-year-old has gained a reputation for his stock-picking prowess. He’s even earned the...
