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Join Fernando De Leon, founder of Leon Capital Group, for a discussion on how a Dallas-based single-family office is investing in fundamentally sound assets with broken capital structures.
Drawing on his experience building Leon from the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis into a firm spanning healthcare, financial services, technology, and real estate, De Leon will explain where the firm sees opportunity today. Since 2010, Leon has co-invested on average 46% of the equity in every real estate deal alongside its partners, reflecting an approach rooted in ownership, operations, and alignment.
During this webcast, advisors will learn:
- Why pricing changes since the 2020–2022 cycle have created opportunities in select assets
- How Leon identifies capable sponsors and fundamentally sound assets with challenged capital structures
- How senior or preferred positions at a lower basis may generate equity-like return potential
- What advisors should test before backing managers pursuing similar strategies
Accepted for 1 CFP / IWI / CFA CE Credit
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Fernando De Leon is the Founder and CEO of Leon Capital Group, a diversified holding company overseeing twelve independently managed subsidiaries across three divisions: financial services, healthcare, and real estate. Founded as a real estate development company in Texas, Leon has evolved into a multi-industry enterprise with subsidiaries and externally managed companies employing approximately 4,000 people across multiple geographies.
In healthcare, Mr. De Leon and his team founded and currently operate Specialty Dental Brands, Frontline Dental Implant Specialists, Advanced Medaesthetic Partners, Physician Directed Partners, Texas Heart Partners, Mattison Avenue, and Turnwell Mental Health. Collectively, these businesses manage over 600 locations and provide healthcare services to approximately 2 million patients annually.
Leon Financial operates the firm’s investment management business and its various fund offerings, including Bastion Insurance and Patient Capital, a specialty lending platform designed to expand access to critical healthcare financing for all Americans.
In real estate, Mr. De Leon has structured investments with an asset value exceeding $15B. Leon Capital’s vehicles have developed or invested in approximately 20,000 rental housing units, 25 million square feet of industrial, 15 million square feet of retail and self-storage, healthcare assets, and 10,000 residential land lots. Leon Capital also co-founded, alongside the Perot Companies, a European industrial operating company that has developed over 40 million square feet of industrial assets across the European Union.
Mr. De Leon is a co-founder of Crexi, one of the largest digital marketplaces connecting buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants in the commercial real estate sector. Crexi’s intelligence platform serves more than three million real estate professionals with real-time transaction data.
Mr. De Leon began his career as an analyst at Goldman Sachs in New York. He received a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Harvard College, where he was a Hoover Foundation Scholar and a National Coca-Cola Scholar.
In 2025, Mr. De Leon received the Horatio Alger Award and was inducted into the organization’s membership, a distinction honoring leader who have overcome adversity to achieve success and who are committed to supporting the next generation. The De Leon Family Foundation focuses on alleviating poverty in south Texas and northern Mexico and expanding access to healthcare. Through its De Leon Scholars program, the foundation awards scholarships annually to ten students across Texas who are dedicated to improving their communities. |
