Justin Ishbia

People with professional success

are very selective how they use their time.

Creating an environment of bringing the best and brightest together, I think creates a lot of opportunity for success and unique outcomes.

So I think some of the people over there, Kevin Kelly is one that, and Keith Johnson too, that I stand out a whole bunch.

More specifically in the private equity, one individual who I've learned a ton from, a mentor of mine, his name's Kent Doughton.

He's the founder of Keystone Capital.

He's, in my opinion, amongst the most humble and successful people I've ever come across.

It's a steady hand on the wheel and do the right thing over and over again.

Also, a gentleman named Jim Forrest, who was at Windpoint Partners for a number of years.

He is now the chairman of Shore Capital.

He is an operations leader at heart.

He's always thinking about the customer, the customer, the customer.

Mark Leonard has been a great friend for me, and I've learned a ton from how he thinks about growing businesses and how he thinks about having a very disciplined process.

And then there's a professor at Harvard Business School for executive education.

I wrote a school there.

named Boris Greisberg.

I've done a ton for him as well on process.

And he studies Mitch and other people in the DBS community.

And I think if you said pick one business that I aspire to be most like on consistency and process, it's Donaher.

There are people, Donaher leaders, who are on the boards of my businesses.