Matt Bowles

Matt Bowles is your typical Irish-American hip hop DJ turned human rights activist turned location-independent entrepreneur turned minimalist world-traveler and podcaster.  After getting a Master’s Degree in International Peace and Conflict Resolution, Matt worked in the nonprofit advocacy space until he was unexpectedly fired from his job at age 30, at which point he decided to pivot completely and start a location-independent business that would enable him to travel the world full-time. He co-founded Maverick Investor Group in 2007 as a fully-remote real estate brokerage to help people buy cash-flowing rental properties in the best U.S. real estate markets from anywhere. Matt has been a full-time digital nomad with no permanent base since 2013 and has been to 80 different countries on 6 continents.  He is also the host of The Maverick Show podcast where he interviews today’s most interesting location-independent entrepreneurs and world travelers.  The Maverick Show was ranked the #1 Digital Nomad Podcast by Web Work Travel and the top 1% of all podcasts in the world by Listen Notes.  In 2024 the Maverick Show broke into the Top 100 podcasts on Apple and hit the #1 Places and Travel podcast on Apple.  Matt is a proponent of “stylish minimalism” and travels the world through multiple climates with carry-on luggage only.  He is also a sought-after speaker and has delivered keynote addresses at conferences around the world, ranging from the Nomad Summit in Chiang Mai to the Bansko NomadFest in Bulgaria to the Nomads BA conference in Buenos Aires to Nomadness Fest in the U.S. to the Extraordinary Travel Festival in Bangkok.  He is regularly interviewed by international media on topics relating to real estate investing, location-independent entrepreneurship, long-term world travel, global activism, and he was featured in the book “Digital Nomads For Dummies”.