Patrick Bet-David (born October 18, 1978) is an Iranian-American Entrepreneur[1], YouTuber, US Army Veteran, and Public Speaker. He immigrated to the United States at 12, escaping the Iran-Iraq war and settling in Glendale, California in 1990. He joined the US Army after High School and then left to pursue a career in the financial industry. Bet-David founded the PHP Agency in 2009, a financial services organization that sells life insurance. He also created Valuetainment in 2013, a media company that creates content on entrepreneurship, personal development, and success.
Patrick has had phenomenal success in the financial services industry with PHP Agency, with over 14,000 agents as of 2021 and having served well over 200,000 families across the United States. Valuetainment has also grown to be one of the go-to brands for entrepreneurship, motivation, and personal development. Valuetainment's Channel on YouTube has over 5 million subscribers and followers numbering well into the hundreds of thousands across Instagram and X.
Bet-David is famous for having interviewed[2] some of the biggest names in business, sports, and various walks of life on the Valuetainment or PBD Podcast platforms. Some notable interviews include - Kobe Bryant, Mike Tyson, Jordan Peterson, Steve Wozniak, and Mark Cuban. He has a burning passion to inspire and educate [3] the next generation of entrepreneurs as he believes capitalism is incredibly important.