Daniel S. Peña, Sr.

Daniel S. Peña Sr.
Born	August 10, 1945 (age 72) Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Nationality	American
Education	California State University, Northridge
Occupation	Founder of Quantum Leap Advantage (QLA) Methodology, Founder and Chairman of The Guthrie Group, Former CEO, Chairman, & Founder of iZone Technologies, Founder, Former CEO and Chairman of the Board of Great Western Resources Inc., McDonald's
Title	Executive High Performance Business Success Coach, The 50 Billion Dollar Man, Laird of Guthrie Castle, Financial Wizard with Midas Touch
Website	QLAseminar.com AskThe50BillionDollarMan.com danpena.com The Guthrie Group Guthrie Castle

Founder of Quantum Leap Advantage (QLA) Methodology, Founder and Chairman of The Guthrie Group, Former CEO, Chairman, & Founder of iZone Technologies,

Daniel Steven Peña Sr. (born August 10, 1945), also known as Dan Peña, is an American philanthropist, businessman and high-performance business coach, born in Jacksonville, Florida. Today, he resides at Guthrie Castle in Scotland. Peña is prominent for his eight-day Castle Seminar on his "Quantum Leap Advantage" (QLA) methodology, and claims to have produced $50 billion in equity and value. He is the author of several books, including Your First Hundred Million.

After service in the US Army, which he left as an officer in 1969, he received a BS degree in Business Administration from California State University, Northridge (CSUN) in 1971.

Upon leaving college, he worked in real estate and then joined Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis and subsequently Bear Stearns. After that, he was president and CEO of Kennedy Industries Inc. and he became chairman of JPK Industries, Inc.

In 1982, he founded Great Western Resources Inc. (GWRI) with $820, a Houston-based natural resource company. When he left the company in 1992, the company had a public market capitalization of over 450 million US dollars. Peña owned around 10 percent shares of GWRI when he left in 1992 and subsequently had 4.5% in 1994. He was ousted by the company's board of directors, which he later sued and won $3.3 million in actual damages for refusing to pay his employment contract.

Peña is founder and chairman of The Guthrie Group, an investment consortium, incorporated on the Channel Islands in 2002 and named after Guthrie Castle in Scotland. He has business interests in the Philippines, where he is founder and former chairman of iZone Technologies. He also opened a technology hub, which is a free facility were start-ups and developers can use the space to develop their ideas and pitch for potential funding and investment from Peña himself. On the grand opening, former vice mayor "Isko" Moreno and Agham Party-list and former congressman Angelo Palmones were present and provided their respective speeches. Peña also spearheaded "Hackathon" events for the youth in the hopes of finding the next technology sensation. He was also featured at GNN (Global News Network) hosted by Ka Iking and Susan Barlin's channel the Philippine National TV.

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