RICHARD WEISSMAN
CO-FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN & CEO, THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE, DEERFIELD BEACH
The Learning Experience has more than 270 franchised child-care centers nationwide and a location in the U.K. The firm employs 600 at its headquarters and operates 30 locations in Florida. Weissman is a former investment banker who also develops commercial real estate projects. He is chairman of Make-A-Wish Southern Florida.
| EDUCATION | I left college early to pursue a career. |
| CIVIC EFFORT | Staying committed to providing a valuable service to workers during the pandemic. We’re doing everything possible to make sure that parents could have child-care support so they could work — especially the frontline workers who have been so crucial throughout the pandemic. |
| WORRIES ABOUT | The safety and security of our people and the children we serve |
| READING | Think Again, by Adam Grant; Great by Choice, by Jim C. Collins |