Justin Mahwikizi

Justin Mahwikizi is an entrepreneur, author, and unconventional thinker whose life and work sit at the intersection of business, poverty alleviation, power, law, and reinvention. A former banking professional, he left finance to study the deeper mechanics of why people and communities struggle economically, leading to years of firsthand field research through business consulting, rideshare driving, and thousands of real world conversations across every social class.

He is the author of The Manufacturing of Poverty, a work examining how systems, incentives, and institutions can trap people in cycles of hardship. Justin also brings rare firsthand experience navigating courts, bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, and economic survival from the ground level.

As a podcast guest, Justin offers sharp and unpredictable conversations on entrepreneurship, capital formation, class mobility, legal battles, personal resilience, media strategy, family, and the hidden rules that shape success in America.

He speaks with candor, depth, humor, and lived experience. Ideal for shows focused on business, current affairs, culture, motivation, or bold independent perspectives.