NBC Los Angeles

39-year-old was ashamed of his $86,000 debt—declaring bankruptcy allowed him to start over: ‘It completely changed my life'

One of Jay Swanson's earliest money lessons was to "go ahead and go into debt," he tells CNBC Make It. When the 39-year-old content creator and entrepreneur behind two YouTube channels and Paris in My ...
NBC 10 Philadelphia

39-year-old moved to Paris after going bankrupt in the U.S.—now he's a French citizen, owns a business and lives rent-free

This story is part of CNBC Make It's Millennial Money series, which details how people around the world earn, spend and save their money. When he moved to Paris in 2017, Jay Swanson "was in dire ...