Coleman Ruiz
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Podcast Appearances
I was in private equity for a while before I met you.
I run a company for โ companies for a really good friend of mine named Tom Ripley, an amazing guy.
And then I stepped away because I was exhausted and I didn't know how to say it.
I didn't know how to tell anybody.
Like I needed to escape again, take magic flight somehow, you know, and โ
And he and I are incredibly close.
He was one of the guys who is in that super tight inner circle.
And then I came back to it with this team that I'm on.
I serve as the chief operating officer at Lid Sports Group, the largest brick and mortar licensed sports retailer in North America.
We have 2000 stores during the holiday.
We have 8200 employees and amazing team.
The private equity firm that I work for is an amazing team and the company is an amazing company and just incredible group of folks.
And so, yeah, I work a lot.
I was out here doing store visits in San Francisco and LA, and it's all good.
And I think...
I do those little things all day long, all the time, but no, I am not sitting on a mountain top.
Like most days, there's no meditation at all, Andrew.
It's meditation as a workout.
Tom and I throw kettlebells around multiple times a week and I do those other little things.
But the difference for me is I'm okay with it.