Doctors Marlow Hernandez and Richard Aguilar founded Cano Health in 2009 to provide quality end-to-end health care for underserved Latino communities in Florida. In 2016, their company generated $1.6M in revenue, but they had an idea to roll-up other smaller medical practices in their footprint to leverage economies of scale. With the help of my friend Sol Trujillo they began accelerating their acquisition strategy. Beyond providing strategic support, Sol helped the doctors raise capital, but while he knew there would be a huge appetite from the investor community, Sol wanted the money to come from other Latino business leaders in order to keep the growing company Latino-controlled. In 2018, the company was recognized as the fastest growing healthcare company in America. This past week, Cano Health went public and was valued at $4.4 Billion.
The public offering generated enormous wealth for the company’s founders and the Latino investors who helped them grow. More importantly, the company has an amazing track record for providing world-class healthcare and now has the capital to scale nationwide. Doctors Hernandez and Aguilar were showcased at L’ATTITUDE in both 2019 and 2020. They had a story we wanted people to know about. Sol and I are confident that Cano Health will be the first of many Latino-founded companies that will be showcased at L’ATTITUDE and who receive early funding from our L’ATTITUDE VC Fund or from our investor partners who participate in Match-Up. Cano Health should serve as an inspiration. Dr. Hernandez is a 35-year-old Cuban immigrant, a brilliant man, with a heart of gold. I consider him a family friend. So, while some people are still obsessing about an election that has long been decided, other people are getting shit done. Companies are being built and fortunes are being made. This is our time. Start thinking bigger!
In this episode, I talk about why progress rarely comes from perfect ideas or moral certainty—and why waiting for purity often keeps us stuck. Idealism can feel virtuous, but history shows that real change happens when people are willing to act, accept imperfection, and move forward anyway. For our community, that means choosing momentum over stagnation, results over symbolism, and responsibility over comfort. If we’re serious about building power, dignity, and lasting progress, this is a conversation we need to have—honestly and without illusions.
In this episode, I talk about something we’re almost never encouraged to say out loud: wealth is power—literally. Not likes, not outrage, not visibility. I break down why real influence comes from ownership and leverage, not consumption; why income feeds families but equity builds dynasties; and why a wealthy Latino with a clear purpose shouldn’t be seen as a problem, but as proof of what’s possible. If you’ve ever felt uneasy talking about money or ambition, I’d love for you to watch this one and think about what “owning more” could look like for you and our community.
For a long time, Latinos in America were told a comforting story: work hard, be loyal, and eventually the power would follow. In this episode, I talk about why that story was never completely true—and why visibility, outrage, and good intentions still don’t translate into real power. I lay out what every successful group in this country eventually figured out about leverage, capital, and building our own institutions, and why 2026 has to be the year we stop waiting for permission and start playing a different game. If you’re ready to think beyond parties, elections, and slogans, this is where that conversation begins.