{"id":1979,"date":"2021-10-17T17:22:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T16:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonathanperks.com\/?post_type=podcast&p=1979"},"modified":"2021-10-18T08:32:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T07:32:52","slug":"practical-entrepreneurship-george-wight-chairman-vertical-exchange-capital-inspiring-leadership-with-jonathan-bowman-perks","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/jonathanperks.com\/podcasts\/practical-entrepreneurship-george-wight-chairman-vertical-exchange-capital-inspiring-leadership-with-jonathan-bowman-perks\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical Entrepreneurship: George Wight, Chairman Vertical Exchange Capital: Inspiring Leadership with Jonathan Bowman-Perks"},"content":{"rendered":"

George Wight\u00a0Wight is a lifelong entrepreneur, banker, trader, fund manager and private equity investor.\u00a0\u00a0With interests in aerospace, construction, electric vehicles, energy, maritime, technology and entertainment.\u00a0\u00a0 He was the Keynote Speaker at the World Biofuels Symposium in Beijing China.<\/p>\n

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His first company, Windsports, Inc. was a franchise of Wind Skate products for sailing, skiing and skating.\u00a0\u00a0This was started at age 14.\u00a0\u00a0 At age 18 George Wight began attending bank board meetings and at 21 was appointed to the Board of Directors of DucoBancshares, the holding company for Bank of Illinois.\u00a0\u00a0 Several years latter he participated in the repositioning of the bank and ultimate sale for nearly 4 times book value.\u00a0\u00a0This was a very high sale measure as interstate banking was just opening up.\u00a0\u00a0During his tenure with Bank of Illinois he expanded the bank\u2019s position in aircraft leasing.\u00a0\u00a0As an active pilot he was able to fly the bank\u2019s Chairman to rural banks during the farm crisis and assist in recapitalizing them.<\/div>\n
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During his formal Economics, Business and U.S. History training at Cornell College, George\u00a0Wight began a career as a standup comedian and club manager.\u00a0\u00a0This established his lifelong passion for entertainment and hospitality.<\/div>\n
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Upon Graduation George Wight went to work for DLJ, Pershing division at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).\u00a0\u00a0Having worked at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) for Geldermann, Inc., in the summers, he was prepared for his successful floor and office trading career at the Chicago Board of trade.<\/div>\n
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As an \u201cupstairs\u201d trader, George Wight also began working with his families real estate, construction, engineering and private investment business.<\/div>\n
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George developed, managed shopping centers, vacant land for development, class A office buildings and hotels & resorts.\u00a0\u00a0During this period George Wight became an investor with Odyssey Marine, Inc.\u00a0\u00a0One of the World\u2019s most successful wreck salvage and recovery business. The company was featured in 2 seasons of \u201cTreasure Quest\u201d on Discovery Channel.<\/div>\n
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Top Leadership Tip: Focus on self validation not others views or you will fail.\u00a0Remember the choices are yours to make. Always add value. Ask: do you want to be right or do you want to be rich?<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

George Wight\u00a0Wight is a lifelong entrepreneur, banker, trader, fund manager and private equity investor.\u00a0\u00a0With interests in aerospace, construction, electric vehicles, energy, maritime, technology and entertainment.\u00a0\u00a0 He was the Keynote Speaker at the World Biofuels Symposium in Beijing China. His first company, Windsports, Inc. was a franchise of Wind Skate products for sailing, skiing and skating.\u00a0\u00a0This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1980,"template":"","key-factors":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanperks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcasts\/1979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanperks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcasts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanperks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcast"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanperks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanperks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"key-factor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanperks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/key-factors?post=1979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}