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Fernando de Leon is the CEO and founder of Leon Capital Group, a Texas-based family office whose wealth originated in real estate and now oversees $10 billion in private capital. Leon Capital has made 700 investments in the past 17 years, with significant expansion into health care. “We don’t go into anything thinking about the exit,” de Leon said. “We think about whether or not we like the industry and whether or not we could see ourselves investing in it for 30 or 40 years.