The heart of the Green Group is Leonard Green, who after five years of working with Deloitte Touche spread his entrepreneurial wings for the first time, but certainly not the last, when he founded the Green Group in 1973.
The Green Group, which specializes in client services of closely held businesses, family businesses, thoroughbred businesses, entrepreneurs and high net worth individuals and their families, remains the foundation on which Leonard has built an empire creating over 35 companies including SoBe beverages and Blue Buffalo pet food.
Leonard's entrepreneurial success led him to write “The Entrepreneur's Playbook, More than 100 Proven Strategies, Tips and Techniques to Build a Radically Successful Business” as well as a follow up book due to be published in 2024.
The most popular professor on campus at Babson College, the nation's number-one-rated school for entrepreneurship, Leonard leads a class of ambitious students each year under his given title as “Entrepreneur-in-Residence.”
Leonard also owns one of the most successful Thoroughbred racing operations in the world. DJ Stable has won two Sovereign Awards, two Eclipse Awards, 14 Leading Owner Titles, over 150 Stakes Race victories and 2,500 overall wins. In addition, D.J. Stable has bred 24 Grade I performers and sold over $87 million of horses at public auction. The Green Group has over 800 clients in the horse business because Leonard knows the industry first hand.
Leonard knows business and he loves business. Whether teaching, writing or consulting, he puts his heart into growing his clients' wealth and success. An outsized entrepreneurial spirit along with unmatched expertise combines to create Leonard's secret sauce.
In the Groove
Bloodhorse - by Lenny Shulman
Len and Jon Green's current approach with D.J. Stable pays off with another champion in juvenile filly Wonder Wheel
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Successful Entrepreneur Len Green Leads His DJ Stable & His Clients Into Black Ink
Ten Furlongs Magazine
Green has owned horses for nearly 50 years. His DJ Stable is one of the most successful Thoroughbred racing and breeding operations in the world. D.J. Stable has won two Sovereign Awards, two Eclipse Awards, 14 Leading Owner Titles, over 150 Stakes Race victories and 2,500 overall wins. In addition, D.J. Stable has bred 24 Group One performers and sold over US$90 million worth of horses at public auctions.
Click here to read moreVisionary Entrepreneurs Succeed By Uncovering One Major Market Need
FORBES - Robert Reiss
To sum up the secrets of entrepreneurship I asked the entrepreneur guru Len Green, who is author of the bestselling book, The Entrepreneurs Play Book and top-rated Babson College professor of entrepreneurship … Green enlightened and reinforced the message of these three visionary entrepreneurs, “All entrepreneurs should tape to their office walls: True failure is not losing money, it is not learning from it and not pushing yourself beyond the normal limits.”
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Leonard Green brings impressive credentials, wealth of experience to NYTB October seminar
New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc - Sarah Mace
“In addition to his classroom duties at Babson, Green has been a featured speaker at the annual Kentucky Legal Conference (UKCLE) in Lexington which is annually attended by almost 200 legal, insurance and business professionals, a regular speaker at Monmouth Park, the New Jersey State Bar Association and a number of Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) sessions. He has also been featured on CNBC “Business to Business” for stories focusing on making money in the horse breeding and racing industries. A monthly columnist on the horse business for the shuttered Thoroughbred Times, in 2017 Green released a top selling business book, The Entrepreneur's Playbook.”
Click here to read moreChampion Wonder Wheel Retired, Will Be Sold in the Fall
Bloodhorse - Eric Mitchell
"We constantly monitor our horses to make sure that they're feeling physically 100%. It seemed that after her last race, Wonder Wheel came out of it with more of what they are calling bone bruising and also a minor issue with a front ankle that seems to be a recurring issue with her," said Green. "She's so special and has done so much for us and for the sport, we just felt like that it was time to give her the opportunity to launch into her next career."
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2013 Brings Unexpected Tax Relief For Horse Owners
FORBES - Teresa Genaro
“Leonard Green has been involved in horse racing for 40 years; he currently owns about 100 horses, some in training, some racing, some breeding. His horses have competed at the sport's highest levels and won more than 1,000 races.
He's also the CEO of the Green Group, which offers tax, accounting, and consulting services, including Thoroughbred consulting. “They told me you can't make a living in horse racing,” he said by phone from his office in New Jersey. “I set out to prove them wrong.””
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Babson Entrepreneurship - Brianna Radicioni
His business accomplishments have “led to my most meaningful position, as a Babson College professor, where I was able to teach over 1,500 students, acquainting them with over 75 entrepreneurs,” Green said. “Over the years, I have been amazed by the students' intellect, creativity, and drive—they have taught me numerous life lessons.
He also feels strongly that “now is the time to reciprocate by financially supporting scholarships, internships, athletes, challenges, eTower” and numerous other extra-curricular activities meant to encourage and reward Babson College students.
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Gunite Pulls Away in Aristides; Webslinger Wins Audubon
Bloodhorse - Molly Rollins and Jim Mulvihill
A graded stakes winner every year he's raced, the consistent Gunite continued his ascent within the sprint ranks in defeating a salty field of classy one-turn horses in Saturday's six-furlong race.
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