Leon Capital Group

Leon Capital Group is an American private holding company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 2006 by Fernando De Leon, the firm began as a modest real estate development company in Texas and has since evolved into a diversified holding company that conceives, develops, owns, and operates businesses across multiple industries and geographies. Its stated mission is to compound capital and create long-term value by building and partnering with extraordinary companies. Today, Leon Capital Group is home to roughly a dozen independently managed subsidiaries spanning financial services, healthcare, and real estate. These businesses collectively employ thousands of people worldwide and deliver goods and services to millions of Americans annually. The firm describes itself as combining the flexibility of a family office with institutional-quality investing, maintaining a permanent capital base and committing significant amounts of its own capital alongside founders and outside investors. Leon's investment approach emphasizes contrarian opportunities with outsized return potential, long-term partnerships, and patient capital. The company provides operational expertise, industry experience, and attractive incentives to its subsidiaries while removing bureaucracy. It establishes over 100 new partnerships and investments annually across its platforms. Key platforms and portfolio companies have included Specialty Dental Brands, a multi-site oral health organization supporting pediatric dentists, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and endodontists; CREXi, a digital commercial real estate marketplace co-founded by Leon in 2016; and various real estate development and credit initiatives. The firm has also invested in veterinary care and diagnostics, early-stage venture, salon suite development, and ophthalmology and optometry services. Leon Capital Group remains privately held and is not listed on any public stock exchange. It continues to operate as a diversified holding company with a long-term, permanent capital orientation.

Leon Capital Group was founded in 2006 by Fernando De Leon on the idea of collecting great ideas and great people to execute them. The company began as a modest real estate development company in Texas. In 2007, Leon began acquiring distressed debt, multifamily housing, retail, and other opportunistic investments in the Southern United States. In 2009, the firm began developing retail properties for credit tenants, ultimately developing over 300 locations across the country. In 2010, Leon launched real estate credit initiatives, originating $1 billion in bridge senior debt to bridge the gap in the real estate credit markets following the financial crisis. In 2011, its housing development business grew across primary Texas markets. In 2012, the firm established a logistics development platform across the United Kingdom and European Union, which has since seen $4 billion of development and acquisitions. In 2013, Leon began investing outside of real estate, taking positions in veterinary care and diagnostics as well as early-stage venture investments. In 2016, Leon co-founded CREXi, a digital marketplace linking commercial real estate buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants through intelligence products offering real-time transaction data. In 2017, the firm became an innovator in salon suite development and operations, serving over 1.5 million annual customers. Also in 2017, Leon was first to integrate pediatric dentistry, oral surgery, and orthodontics, growing that platform to a $2 billion+ valuation with 254 clinics across 25 states and approximately 3,000 employees. In 2021, Leon expanded into leading ophthalmology, optometry, and surgical centers across the Southeastern United States. The company continued to grow through 2022, 2023, and 2024, establishing over 100 new partnerships and investments annually across its platforms. Today, Leon Capital Group is a diverse holding company with about a dozen independently managed subsidiaries spanning financial services, healthcare, and real estate, employing thousands of people worldwide and delivering goods and services to millions of Americans annually.

• 2021

  Expands into leading ophthalmology, optometry, and surgical centers across the Southeastern U.S.

• 2017

  Becomes an innovator in salon suite development and operations, serving over 1.5 million annual customers.

• 2017

  First to integrate pediatric dentistry, oral surgery, and orthodontics; platform grows to $2 billion+ valuation with 254 clinics across 25 states.

• 2016

  Co-founds CREXi, a digital commercial real estate marketplace.

• 2013

  Begins investing outside of real estate with positions in veterinary care & diagnostics and early-stage venture investments.

• 2012

  Logistics development platform established across the U.K. and European Union with $4 billion of development and acquisitions to date.

• 2011

  Housing development business grows across primary Texas markets.

• 2010

  Inception of real estate credit initiatives; originates $1 billion in bridge senior debt.

• 2009

  Begins developing retail properties for credit tenants, developing over 300 locations across the country.

• 2007

  Begins acquiring distressed debt, multifamily housing, retail, and other opportunistic investments in the Southern U.S.

• 2006

  Leon Capital Group founded by Fernando De Leon.

A private holding company combining family office flexibility with institutional-quality investing, focused on long-term value creation through permanent capital and partnerships.

• Specialty Dental Brands

  A multi-site oral health organization supporting pediatric dentists, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and endodontists, with 155+ locations, 270+ physicians, and 1,300+ clinical support staff.

• CREXi

  A digital marketplace linking commercial real estate buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants through intelligence products offering real-time transaction data.

1. 1Unlocking Private Investment Opportunities: The Essentials - Leon Capital Groupleoncapitalgroup.com
2. 2Our History - Leon Capital Groupleoncapitalgroup.com
3. 3Specialty Dental Brands - Leon Capital Groupleoncapitalgroup.com
4. 4The Firm - Leon Capital Groupleoncapitalgroup.com
5. 5Leon Capital Group - Wikidatawikidata.org