David Kim

David Kim writes about resilience, service, and the reality of building a life worth living.

After serving in the United States Marine Corps (1991-1999), David launched his civilian career as an engineer at Raytheon. Then came the detour: a restaurant venture destroyed by partner betrayal, followed by bankruptcy in his forties. He rebuilt through management consulting, eventually reaching senior leadership roles at Honeywell, Genpact, and Amazon Web Services.

That journey from collapse to recovery became The Real Money Guide, and he continues that mission weekly through his podcast, Real Money Pathway. His second book, Bullets Don't Fly: A Supply Marine's Memoir, chronicles his military service as a supply administration specialist with deployments to Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea.

A first-generation Korean-American born in Philadelphia and raised in Riverside, California, David earned his BS in Computer Science on active duty, his MBA at Raytheon, and completed PhD coursework in Management and Decision Science. He lives in the Nashville area with his wife Lacey and has two adult children.