Jonathan Tepper
Author and investor whose memoir recounts growing up in Madrid where his missionary parents started a drug rehabilitation center; founder of an investment fund and author of Shooting Up: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Addiction.
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Feb 26, 2026 • 1h 12min
Jonathan Tepper - Growing Up in the Heroin Capital of Europe (Ep. 303)
Jonathan Tepper, author and investor who grew up in Madrid where his missionary parents started a drug rehab, recounts a childhood among recovering addicts. He discusses growing up in San Blas, the rise of a grassroots rehab movement, the arrival of AIDS, writing and revising his memoir, and how those experiences shaped his outlook on grief, empathy, and investing.
