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JOChris Williamson. Born February 23rd, 1988. Stockton-on-Tees, England.
A Love Island contestant in 2015. A podcast host by 2018.
And since then? Modern Wisdom. Downloaded over 400 million times and counting.
This is his story.
Early Life and Education
Chris Williamson was born in 1988 in Stockton-on-Tees, North East England.
A cricket player in his youth. A Business Management graduate. A master’s in International Marketing from Newcastle University.
And somewhere between the lectures — a nightclub promoter was born.
Career
2012. Take Me Out. A first taste of television.
2013. Love Island. Series one. Millions watching.
But Chris didn’t feel what you’d expect.
He felt out of place.
That quiet discomfort pushed him inward. Made him ask harder questions. Made him want to create “content that genuinely changes the way that people live their daily lives.”
Modern Wisdom
2018. A microphone. A mission.
“Life lessons from the smartest people on the planet.”
Politics. Philosophy. Science. Current events. Guests like Jordan Peterson, David Goggins, Andrew Huberman, Sam Harris — and authors of over 100 New York Times bestsellers.
400 million downloads.
4 million YouTube subscribers.
Over a billion views.
From Love Island to Modern Wisdom.
From out of place — to one of the most downloaded podcasts on the planet.
Maybe that’s exactly why he succeeded.
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