On this week’s Midlife Male Podcast my guest is Steven Kaufman; an accomplished investor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He measures his success by how much the people around him prosper. Steven manages his family assets with a focus on thesis-driven opportunistic investments in three asset classes which include real estate financing, real estate investment, and private equity in small growth-companies. Steven has held C-Level positions in various financing enterprises for 18 years and has been investing in real estate for 20 years. During that time he coordinated over $1 billion in real estate financing for companies like American Express, Hewlett Packard, and Exxon Mobil and founded ZeusLending.com which is the leading online provider of real estate financing and the fastest real estate lender in the United States.At Zeus, Steven manages a team that is responsible for more than $2 billion of retail mortgage loan originations. According to Inc. Magazine, Zeus is the 37th fastest growing private financial service firm in the United States. National Mortgage Professional Magazine has repeatedly ranked Steven as one of the “Top 40 Most Influential Mortgage Professionals in the United States”, and the Houston Business Journal ranked him as one of the “Top CEO’s in Houston”. Steven is the founder of The Fanatical Change Foundation. His philanthropic recognition includes the Houston Astros “Hometown Hero”, the City of Houston “Humanitarian Award”, the Lululemon “Modern Day Man”, and the United States Presidential “Life-Time Achievement Award”.Steven is a four time world champion power-lifter and 2015 world record holder. He has summited Mt. Kilimanjaro, completed the Houston Marathon, ran with the bulls in Spain, and finished second in the Houston Amateur Arm-wrestling Championship. Steven resides in Houston with his wife and two children.