What does it feel like to build a $3 billion mortgage empire from nothing... and then lose almost everything?

In this jaw-dropping episode of 86400 Stories, Simer Mayo sits down with Lee Boueri – a proud Lebanese-Australian entrepreneur who went from growing up in public housing to leading one of Australia’s most recognised mortgage companies, Yes Home Loans.

🔥 What makes this story so powerful?
Lee’s journey captures every essence of the entrepreneurial grind:

• ✈️ Born in Lebanon, raised by a single mum in 1960s Australia

• 🧠 Started as a bank teller at ANZ, learned from the ground up

• 🏠 Built Yes Home Loans, handling $3 billion in loan settlements

• 💰 Sold an ice cream business for $700,000 in under 3 years

• 👊 Faced betrayal, collapse, and emotional loss – then found new meaning

• 📈 Rebuilt himself with wisdom, integrity, and humility

💡 Whether you’re a migrant professional, an aspiring entrepreneur, or someone just trying to believe in themselves again, this story is for you.

Topics we unpack:

• How to take calculated risks (even when you're scared)

• The price of success – and what happens when you fall

• The underrated power of being underestimated

• Navigating loss, failure, and reinvention with heart

• Why belief is not a feeling – it's a decision

• The importance of vision, empathy, and leadership in business

🎙️ 86400 Stories is not just a podcast – it’s a platform for raw, real and resilient stories of people who built something meaningful without a head start.

Who is Lee Boueri?
Awarded multiple times as Employer of the Year, former sponsor of the Bulldogs NRL team, and a leading voice in Australia’s mortgage sector. But this episode isn’t about awards. It’s about what he learned when all of it disappeared.

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🎧 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.

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Welcome to Episode 1 of 86400 Stories — the very beginning of something real. No scripts. No polish. No edits. Just two friends from different corners of India now living in Australia, sharing what built them and what they’re building next.

This is Simer Mayo and Sanjay Chhibber going off-script on belief, resilience, action, entrepreneurship, brotherhood, the power of a single second, and what it means to live life like it matters.

They talk migration, childhood memories, biggest wins, deepest losses, and the golden thread that connects it all — doing something meaningful without waiting for permission.

🟡 From losing (or learning) to starting again.🟡 From Karol Bagh hustle to Chandigarh’s calm.🟡 From day jobs to building something meaningful.🟡 From small wins to 400-year dreams.

This is raw. This is real. This is the foundation of 86400 Stories.

💡 Every month, we bring you an episode to remind you that your seconds matter. Your story matters. And you are not alone.

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