Rank #1389
Fernando De Leon
Net worth $3.1B
Real Estate · United States
- Born
- Oct 01, 1978
- Age
- 47
- Source
- Real Estate
- Residence
- Dallas, Texas
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 4
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Fernando De Leon runs Leon Capital Group, which operates companies across various industries including dentistry, insurance and medical aesthetics.
- De Leon was born in Texas but grew up in Matamoros, Mexico and commuted between the countries every day for school. He was the only one in his family who knew English.
- He made his first fortune in real estate, but sold nearly all his properties before the 2008 financial crisis after noticing a preponderance of subprime borrowers among new homeowners.
- As that crisis abated, he reinvested in real estate, and currently owns millions of square feet of industrial space and 5,000 apartment units across four states.
- De Leon represented South Texas in the National Spelling Bee in the 1990s.