Lorenzo Gomez

Just over two decades later, the scrappy little underdog that no one believed in is a billion-dollar business with more than 6,000 employees worldwide. One of the first ten account managers hired at Rackspace was Lorenzo Gomez. He was there when the company became the host for YouTube and saw the decade-long stretch where each month brought one-hundred new hires. The rocket ship growth was exhilarating but exposed Rackspace’s early flaws, including avoiding customers at all costs. Lorenzo Gomez wants to dispel that notion for good. He opens up to reveal the fear, anxiety, and hopelessness he felt as a teenager and how those forces shaped his life until he began taking steps as an adult to improve his mental health. Lorenzo Gomez went from the stockroom of a grocery store to the boardrooms of two private companies without a formal higher education. Lorenzo Gomez did it.