Chuck Yates once helped manage an $8 billion energy fund and was worth around $150 million at the peak of his private-equity career during the Shale revolution.

Then in April 2020, he got fired. Instead of disappearing, Chuck rebuilt. He leaned into storytelling, started a podcast, joined Digital Wildcatters, and recently helped launch Collide. In this episode, Chuck breaks down the rise, the crash, getting fired in 2020, the personal losses that shaped him, and how storytelling and community became the foundation of his reinvention. This is how Chuck Yates rebuilt his life and career from the ground up.