Revisiting a Tapas Life - Andrew Robin

Thanks to you The Retirement Wisdom Podcast has surpassed 1 million downloads. __________________________ Retire Smarter. Don’t Miss an Episode – Follow on Apple Podcasts or Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | RSS __________________________ What if you think differently about your retirement? Andrew Robin rejoins us to update us on his Tapas Life since we first spoke with him two years ago. His idea of a Tapas Life is a practical way to transition to retirement in a gradual fashion. Andrew Robin joins us from San Francisco. __________________________ Bio Andrew Robin was born in Chicago and raised in Mexico City.  He holds a BA in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Harvard University. Andy was an entrepreneur with his dad in the computer industry in the early ‘70s in Mexico City (his dad moved the family there from Chicago to pursue an opportunity).  He was in the semiconductor industry for 22 years (at Mostek, Monolithic Memories, AMD, and Lattice), mostly in marketing, but also as a general manager, and most recently as VP of New Business Ventures.  He was a house dad from 2002 to 2007 until his wife Carole and Andy’s youngest went off to college.Today he retains the duties of shopping/cooking, household maintenance, travel planning, and finances.  He also plays a lot of classical piano, some golf, enjoyed 6 years on the Board and Executive Committee of his large synagogue (Congregation Beth Am of Los Altos Hills), where he was also co-chair of raising an endowment, was part-time CEO of a promising tech start-up for 6 years (and remains on the Board), is an Executive Coach and Life Coach, serves on the Board of a foundation in Palo Alto and a NYC hedge fund and enjoys day-trips, lectures, and concerts around the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley. He wrote Tapas Life to do some good for others. ___________________________ Podcast Episodes You May Like The Second Curve of Life – Arthur C. Brooks Breaking the Age Code – Dr. Becca Levy Indepe