Glenn Stearns
Glenn Stearns was born to alcoholic parents, failed 4th grade, fathered a child at the age of 14 and graduated high school in the bottom ten percent of his class. While some of his friends lost their lives to drugs and alcohol, and others spent time in prison, Glenn's path intersected with mentors who gave him motivating examples of how to not meet a similar fate and instead take control his destiny. At 25, after working as a loan officer for 10 months, Glenn formed his own mortgage company Stearns Lending LLC. By 2010, Stearns Lending LLC reached nearly $1 billion in monthly funded loan volume while experiencing record growth. Stearns not only survived the 2007 mortgage-lending crisis, but it also emerged as one of the top lenders in the country. Glenn attributes his resilience to putting “people before profit” and having transparent integrity in lending standards. Glenn describes what got him through each crisis in Integrity: My Slow and Painful Journey to Success.
