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Pete Oaks shares his story, thoughts on leadership and Redemptive Stewardship. He is the founder and chairman of Capital III, an impact investment company with investments in the US and Central America. Enterprise Stewardship is an initiative of Capital III that equips marketplace leaders with resources to transform their personal LIFE and business enterprises. During his four decades in business he has invested and operated companies in the energy, manufacturing, banking, and education sectors, often times focusing on places devoid of human flourishing such as prisons and poverty-stricken countries. Pete’s passion in life is to educate, equip, and empower business leaders around the world to live for something greater than themselves by using their business platform to impact the world for Christ.

Pete lives by four simple principles: Honor God; Serve People; Pursue Excellence; and Steward Capital. These four simple but powerful principles when brought to bear on creating Economic, Social and Spiritual Capital result in a High Impact LIFE.

Before launching his impact investment company Capital III, Pete spent 8 years in the commercial banking industry. Pete and his wife Debbie have been instrumental in founding and growing several nonprofit enterprises. Enjoy

Marty Hepp (add his bio) shares his story and ideas on Redemptive Stewardship

In this episode we hear from Tony Capucille. Before starting his career with Heartland Payment Systems. At Heartland, Tony became the CSO, establishing a corporate division in Edmond and built a nationally recognized sales organization of 1,000+ professionals. In 2016, Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) acquired Heartland, of which Tony was named President. He led Heartland’s 4,000+ employees, continued to drive nationwide business growth of a 2BN company. In 2020, Tony founded EightTwenty, a regional solar company with an aim to help solve the energy challenge we have as a country. The company is built upon the principles of respect, focus and quality and measures success by how they treat their employees, communities, natural capital, and run a profitable business. He shares what it looks like to go beyond philanthropy as a Redemptive Entrepreneur. 

Intentional Fitness is where "Fit" happens. Founder, Emmanuel Sonsanya has created a customized group fitness centered around community, commitment and consistency. He is also an honest to god Nigerian tribal chief.  He shares about his 21 names, his family and his dreams for his community. Enjoy!

For 20 years and for two generations, Premier Blinds has provided shades, shutters, draperies, and garage floor coatings to builders, contractors, designers and individual consumers. They place a heavy emphasis on client service and their ability to execute on even the most complex jobs. Owner of Premier Blinds, Conner Sikes, shares the struggles and joys of taking over a family business. He also shares how his customers share story after story of how they are amazed at their care. Enjoy!