Damian Maldonado

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575 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 19 Feb

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Leap Academy with Ilana Golan · From Homeless Shelter to Building a Billion-Dollar Mortgage Company | Damian Maldonado | E146 · 19 Feb 2026 podcast

You know, we have two weekly meetings.

I'm very involved in the numbers and it's a matter of hiring the right people.

and making sure they're the right cultural fit and just managing at that level.

And as you know, both of us know Richard Branson pretty well, and I've seen him, how he operates.

And I mean, he's running a lot of businesses and he's one man and he's doing it with keeping amazing culture.

If you go to the Virgin Airlines, Virgin Cruise Lines, Necker Island,

This service is just like you feel like your family in these businesses.

And he has to have amazing managers and amazing PAs.

And it's really interesting when you have so much knowledge that you've built up that you're able to make decisions extremely fast because you've already been there, done that.

And you don't have to like analyzing like this is the right thing.

And then you have somebody who can execute that.

He's an amazing businessman, but an amazing father, amazing husband.

He's just an amazing person.

I've never seen him in a bad mood.

We were climbing Mount Blanc once and he thought a rock hit his son and Sam and Noah.

And that was the first time I seen him spooked because he thought that they died.

But other than something that dramatic, we're climbing these amazing mountains.

14,000 foot elevation gains, which is very painful and it takes a long time.

And he's still smiling.

If you go next to him on a bike, he's saying, hello, how are you?

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