Brett Conti

How it started.

Brett grew up in Massapequa, New York, and began skating around age six with his older cousin Chad. In his 2016 NYSkateboarding interview, he traced Fortune back to a skating injury: with time off his board, he started sewing hats and pocket tees in his college dorm.

Building his own path.

His grandfather ran a textile business, and sewing became a way to turn that family influence into something of his own. Brett studied marketing and finance, completed a finance internship, then chose to build Fortune New York. In his first-person Sagamore story, he recalls sleeping on his sister’s couch before moving into a shared Chinatown walk-up.

From skate clips to travel stories.

Brett said he had uploaded skate videos since 2006. Vlogs later helped him share his business and life in New York, before travel became central to the channel. His $100 Hanoi film and Switzerland adventure are enduring examples of his mix of travel spending and destination storytelling.