GWRI: Turning $820 Into A $450M Company In Eight Years – with Dan Pena

Dan Pena, The Guthrie Group, Non-Tech, Scaling

Joining me today is an entrepreneur who says he turned $820 into a company worth $450 million.

In 1982, Dan Peña founded Great Western Resources Inc., (GWRI), a Houston-based natural resource company.

He ran it until he had a falling out with his board of directors, about 10 years later.

I invited him to tell that story, and to talk about what he’s done since then, including how he renovated his castle and opened it to the public.

Dan Pena is the founder and Chairman of The Guthrie Group, an investment consortium.

 

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