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Victor Mitchell
Victor Mitchell (born December 12, 1965) is an American businessman and former legislator in Colorado. Since 2008, he has been CEO of Lead Funding, a national real estate lender. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2006, Mitchell represented House District 45, including Teller County and southern Douglas County, Colorado. Mitchell served one term in office and did not stand for re-election in 2008.
In February 2017, Mitchell filed papers to be a candidate for Colorado Governor in 2018. However, he lost in the primary election to fellow Republican Walker Stapleton.
Born in Edison, New Jersey, Mitchell attended San Diego State University, earning a bachelor's degree in finance in 1988.
Mitchell's career centered primarily in business starting from the age of 21.
In 1987, while in college, he started a transportation business, and, over the course of his career, founded and was CEO and chairman of five companies: Advantage Advisory Service (1989–2004), Advantage Cellular (1991–1995), Advantage Wireless (1996–2004), Motion Telecom, (2002–2004), and Ricochet Networks (2003–2004). After selling Advantage Cellular to AirTouch (later part of Verizon) in 1995, Mitchell moved to Denver, Colorado, in 1996 and founded Advantage Wireless, a wireless distributor. After expanding to 114 branded locations and thousands of independent retailers across the US, Advantage Wireless was sold to a private equity consortium in 2004. Advantage Wireless, Inc. was named "Colorado Business of the Year" by the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce in 2000. Mitchell has also been on advisory boards of the Denver Metro Chamber and the Denver Better Business Bureau.
In 2003, Mitchell acquired control of Ricochet Networks, a data service provider that had suffered multiple bankruptcies. The following year, after turning its first annual profit under Mitchell's leadership, Ricochet was acquired by Young Design, Inc. Mitchell was named by the Denver Business Journal as one of their "top 40 under 40" for business executives of Colorado, and was a finalist for Ernst and Young's "Entrepreneur of the Year" recognition. Mitchell also returned to school to earn a Master of Public Administration degree in 2005 from Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University.
In June 2008, Mitchell founded Lead Funding, a private lender to real estate investors, homebuilders, and developers across the United States. He still is CEO of that firm.
Politically, Mitchell chaired the Douglas County arm of the political committee opposing Colorado's 2005 Referendum C, and was a director of the Colorado Leadership Program of the Rockies. In 2000, he attended the Capitol Conference in Washington, D.C., on behalf of U.S. Senator Wayne Allard.
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Victor Mitchell
Victor Mitchell (born December 12, 1965) is an American businessman and former legislator in Colorado. Since 2008, he has been CEO of Lead Funding, a national real estate lender. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2006, Mitchell represented House District 45, including Teller County and southern Douglas County, Colorado. Mitchell served one term in office and did not stand for re-election in 2008.
In February 2017, Mitchell filed papers to be a candidate for Colorado Governor in 2018. However, he lost in the primary election to fellow Republican Walker Stapleton.
Born in Edison, New Jersey, Mitchell attended San Diego State University, earning a bachelor's degree in finance in 1988.
Mitchell's career centered primarily in business starting from the age of 21.
In 1987, while in college, he started a transportation business, and, over the course of his career, founded and was CEO and chairman of five companies: Advantage Advisory Service (1989–2004), Advantage Cellular (1991–1995), Advantage Wireless (1996–2004), Motion Telecom, (2002–2004), and Ricochet Networks (2003–2004). After selling Advantage Cellular to AirTouch (later part of Verizon) in 1995, Mitchell moved to Denver, Colorado, in 1996 and founded Advantage Wireless, a wireless distributor. After expanding to 114 branded locations and thousands of independent retailers across the US, Advantage Wireless was sold to a private equity consortium in 2004. Advantage Wireless, Inc. was named "Colorado Business of the Year" by the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce in 2000. Mitchell has also been on advisory boards of the Denver Metro Chamber and the Denver Better Business Bureau.
In 2003, Mitchell acquired control of Ricochet Networks, a data service provider that had suffered multiple bankruptcies. The following year, after turning its first annual profit under Mitchell's leadership, Ricochet was acquired by Young Design, Inc. Mitchell was named by the Denver Business Journal as one of their "top 40 under 40" for business executives of Colorado, and was a finalist for Ernst and Young's "Entrepreneur of the Year" recognition. Mitchell also returned to school to earn a Master of Public Administration degree in 2005 from Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University.
In June 2008, Mitchell founded Lead Funding, a private lender to real estate investors, homebuilders, and developers across the United States. He still is CEO of that firm.
Politically, Mitchell chaired the Douglas County arm of the political committee opposing Colorado's 2005 Referendum C, and was a director of the Colorado Leadership Program of the Rockies. In 2000, he attended the Capitol Conference in Washington, D.C., on behalf of U.S. Senator Wayne Allard.