THE SMR CONTENT ACADEMY TEAM
Meet our founder, an online influencer and content creator who is a dominating force in the finance and investing space, successfully generating over 20 million average monthly impressions in the last year alone.
MR. STEVEN RYAN
FOUNDER & CEO
Mr. Steven Ryan has accrued almost two decades of experience as an entrepreneur, graphic and web designer, photographer, journalist, finance and real estate expert, and now content creator.
Between 2004 and 2015, Mr. Ryan founded three businesses in content creation, graphic design, and online sales while also working as a photographer, journalist, and graphic designer. He was an Airbnb Superhost and the Vice President of the Homesharers Association Australia between 2012 and 2015. Mr. Ryan then founded Interstellar Finance in 2015, a mortgage brokerage, and earned multiple related certificates while obtaining a Real Estate Agent License and Buyer's Agent License.
Since 2019, he has led the highly successful “Solving the Money Problem” podcast as the founder and main content creator, which is featured on YouTube, Patreon, and X and generates approximately two million monthly views. The podcast has over 1,000 paying subscribers that include celebrities such as Mr. Beast and Elon Musk.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2023 – Present: SMR Content Academy LLC, CEO, Founder, & Head Instructor (TX, USA)
- 2019 – Present: Solving The Money Problem, Founder, Owner & Content Creator
- 2015 – 2018: Interstellar Finance, Founder, Owner & Mortgage Broker
- 2015 – 2018: Homesharers Association Australia, Vice President
- 2013 – 2015: Airbnb Superhost
- 2012 – 2015: Delivery Design & Ad Agency, Senior Digital Designer
- 2008 – 2011: Toast Design, Art Director & Designer
- 2008: Rockstar Memoirs, Graphic & Web Designer
- 2007 – 2012: Stigmartyr Records, Founder & Owner
- 2006 – 2010: Drum Media, Photographer & Journalist
- 2005 – 2008: Unrestrained Magazine, Journalist
- 2004 – 2011: PyroMusic, Founder & Owner
- 2004 – 2015: PyroVesten, Founder& Owner, Graphic & Web Designer, Web Developer
EDUCATION, MEMBERSHIPS & AWARDS
- 2017: Winner - MPA (Mortgage Professionals of Australia) Young Gun
- 2016: Finalist - Australian Mortgage Awards Young Gun
- 2015: Winner - Australian Property Investor Of The Year
- 2015: The National Finance Institute:
- Certificate IV in Finance and Mortgage Broking
- Diploma of Finance and Mortgage Brokerage Management
- 2015: NSW Real Estate Training College:
- Real Estate Agent License
- Buyer's Agent License
- 2015: Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia:
- Finance Broker Certification
- 2008: Design Centre Enmore: Graphic Design Advanced Diploma
- 2007: Design Centre Enmore: Graphic Design Diploma
THE SMR CONTENT ACADEMY
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