What happens when a holding company thinks like an immigrant, moves like an entrepreneur, and plays the long game with permanent capital? In this episode, we unpack the operating system of Fernando De Leon and Leon Capital Group—a family holding company that conceives, develops, owns, and operates businesses across real estate, financial services, healthcare, and technology.Capitalpad lets accredited investors co-invest deal by deal in curated, cash-flowing SMB acquisitions led by searchers and independent sponsors. Get a full deal room—financials, tax returns, sponsor profiles, and value-creation plans—then invest from $25k. These are long-term, illiquid investments and involve risk.Apply at: https://capitalpad.com/Want brokers, operators, and investors to think of you first? That’s why I partner with Spacebar Studios—they build and scale B2B newsletters. They’ll set up your newsletter, send your first few editions, and prove the channel works—no fees, zero risk.They’re offering three HoldCo Builders listeners a free two-week trial.Go to: https://www.spacebarstudios.co/inquireYou’ll learn:00:00 - Intro & Leon Capital Group overview02:26 - Border-childhood & immigrant mindset05:24 - Turning labor into equity at 1407:21 - Harvard takeaways & Goldman “pipes of money”12:37 - Four questions to decode deal headlines13:17 - Move to Dallas (2003) & flood-map/option flip14:41 - Sponsor: CapitalPad16:00 - 2008 crisis: speed over perfection; spouse’s push17:21 - Going all-in 200×; distressed loans & 24-condo flip18:04 - Broker flywheel & long-term loyalty20:32 - Sponsor: Spacebar Studios21:42 - PropCo/OpCo playbook → to 265 dental clinics25:02 - Build it in-house: Patient Capital financing25:51 - Cut out middlemen: insurance brokerage26:41 - Crexi origin story: data, auctions, listings28:38 - Wrap-up & next-episode teaserSupport our Sponsors:CapitalPad: https://capitalpad.com/SpaceBar Studios: https://www.spacebarstudios.co/inquireSubscribe on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/6lr5bE3SNZF2uEE7Nb0DHh?si=cP_nAarhRmep1lvnR6uk5gSubscribe on Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/holdco-builders/id1695713724Follow PrivatEquityGuy/Mikk Markus on Twitter: ⁠⁠https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuyThis podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions.

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