14 Jul July 14, 2023 – Personal Accountability Larry Thornton and CREU Boris C. Sanchez
Boris C. Sanchez – Owner of CREU
Families with kids are the ones that stay the longest and pay the rent.
Boris C. Sanchez
Boris was born an entrepreneur in Bogota, Colombia. Although he started his first business in elementary school and has succeeded at every level since. It has usually been against all odds. From taking the traditional route of getting his MBA in London while having to work jobs around the clock to cover tuition to being cheated by partners and still getting ahead. All this early life education offered him the perfect storm of trying out Commercial Real Estate and falling in love with it. Several years later and over 20 million+ in assets Boris is looking to pay it forward and help people with an opportunity he never got. Accomplished active commercial real estate investor, broker, lender, and educator. He has personally owned over 1500 multifamily units and actively buys and sells commercial RE every month. He has been a broker and a lender in over $1 Billion worth of commercial real estate transactions in his 13 year career so far. Along with his Sanmore Investments team, he plans on acquiring another $50 million worth of commercial real estate this year. Boris also personally mentors investors looking to enter the CRE arena as well as experienced investors looking to expand or diversify their real estate portfolio.
Larry Thornton – President and CEO of Thornton Enterprises – McDonalds Franchisee and the Author of the Book “Why Not Win?: Reflections on a Fifty-Year Journey from the Segregated South to America’s board rooms – and what it can teach us all“
In the kind of winning that I am talking about, there doesn’t have to be
a loser. There is enough winning for you and everyone around you. We
win more completely when we create winning opportunities for others.
Larry Thornton
Larry Thornton is the President and CEO of Thornton Enterprises – McDonalds Franchisee and the Author of the Book “Why Not Win?: Reflections on a Fifty-Year Journey from the Segregated South to America’s board rooms – and what it can teach us all”. Larry Thornton is an artist, entrepreneur, and servant leader. Growing up in segregated Montgomery, Alabama, he worked his way from sign painter to advertising manager at Coca-Cola Birmingham, and became the first African American to open a McDonald’s franchise in Birmingham, Alabama. He eventually opened multiple stores and created Thornton Enterprises, Inc. His book, Why Not Win? A Reflection on a 50-year Journey from the Segregated South to America’s Boardrooms — And What it Teaches Us All (NewSouth Books, April 1, 2019), serves as inspiration for people from all walks of life. Larry founded the Why Not Win Institute to make leadership development accessible. All book sales profit goes to support the institute’s mission.