Born in a Thai refugee camp, Lin Sok arrived in Canada with her family when she was only 6 months old. They had modest means, and she recalls her early  childhood years with fondness. She and her two brothers did well in school, but when she was 18, she got pregnant and decided to move out and live with her then boyfriend. 

In this conversation, Lin Sok shares her insights on resilience and perspective shaped by her Cambodian Canadian upbringing in Montréal, and experiences as a single mother. She emphasizes the importance of not sweating the small stuff and finding solutions to challenges, drawing from her parents' experiences as refugees from genocide. 

Today, Lin is an entrepreneur, financial advisor, tech founder and community builder. As the founder of Women and Money Montréal and CEO of OWNI.ai, she blends finance, technology, and community to help people build wealth with clarity and confidence.

She’s been featured in Canadian national and local news and has also written a book, The Audacity to Own It.

Find her book on Amazon https://www.amazon.ca/Audacity-Own-Navigating-perplexities-detachment/dp/1069365505

To continue developing the OWNI.ai platform, Lin is interested in talking to people who thought about buying property but didn’t - whether it was a potential first home, dream home, investment or commercial property. The purpose is to understand what held them back and how they feel about buying with someone else in order to make it happen. 

Book a short interview:

https://calendly.com/linsok/owni

Lin's website https://linsok.ca/

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Erscheinungs­datum: 11.2.2026, 13:00:00