Manifesto

In 1892, the New-York Tribune did something nobody had ever done before: it published a complete list of every millionaire in the United States. Who they were, where they came from & how they made their money.

At the time, there were roughly 4,000 millionaires in a country of 63 million people. That is roughly 0.006 percent of the population.

Today, the United States has over 20 million millionaires, or almost 1 in every 5 households. America is the Millionaire Capital of the world:

You cannot deny that there is something about America that makes it possible to arrive with nothing and build something that lasts.

But that prosperity is uneven. Deeply so.

I arrived in the United States alone in August, 2022.

In less than 2 years, I secured permanent residency, a dream job, and graduated from an Ivy League university with awards.

Beyond just me, I’ve also helped 300+ people get their green cards and permanent residency in the U.S., and indirectly helped many more people.

I saw that many chased the green card (and then the passport) like it’s the final destination.

But living in San Francisco changed my perspective. I would walk through downtown and see the full range of American life, including people who were struggling deeply, some even living on the streets. Many of them were citizens but that citizenship status alone did not automatically make their lives secure, prosperous, or desirable.

A green card or a passport may be an elevated starting point, but it is by no means the final destination.

I once watched an interview with Jeff Bezos where he said something that struck me.

He suggested an alternative to the Forbes List where instead of personal accumulated assets, you rank people by how much wealth they've created for others. He said: "Amazon's market cap is $2.3 trillion. I own about $200 billion of it, which means I've created something like $2.1 trillion of wealth for other people."⁵

I love that idea of measuring yourself by how much value you've created for others.

My mission is to build a firm that helps 1,000 immigrant families become millionaires.

The math is simple: 1,000 immigrants × $1 Million net worth each = $1 Billion.

Imagine what this new wealth created can multiply to do. It goes into businesses, retirement accounts, education funding, real estate. It employs people. It funds causes across America & across the diaspora. It gives the next generation a starting point that changes everything.

Arusha is not a traditional financial advisory firm. It is a platform.

When you plug in, it begins to build your wealth, not just manage it. It connects you to peers who are building at the same level, to investors and mentors who have already done what you are trying to do, and to opportunities most people never see until it is too late.

The belief behind Immigrant Millionaire is this: you can arrive in America with nothing and become a millionaire in 10 years or less.

No, it isn't easy. But with the right systems, the right knowledge & the right network, it’s far more achievable today than it has ever been in history.

Immigrant Millionaire represents a new cohort of American wealth that did not exist before, built by people who crossed an ocean to be here and who intend to make something of it.

You came for the American Dream.

Now it’s time to build it.