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Zachary Leyden Highlight
As an entrepreneur, you are responsible for everything and everybody—period. You can’t make excuses as a leader.
About Zachary
- I grew up in a suburban environment and my whole family works in medicine—I didn’t have any exposure to horses when I was younger, but I always had a love for them.
- After high school, I joined the U.S. Army, where I served in a long-range reconnaissance unit and learned valuable survival and land navigation skills.
- After leaving the military, I attended Sierra College and earned my associate’s degree in mathematics.
- Attended the University of Montana, where I earned my bachelor’s degree in engineering.
- My first job out of college paid really well, so I started spending the majority of what I earned on horses and learning how to train them.
- Eventually, I decided to quit my job to pursue my dream of working with horses full time—I cashed out my savings and started volunteering on different ranches to learn from them.
- Went back to Sierra College to start learning about business and began running small pack trips and kids camps.
- I am now the CEO of Trail Brothers at Gibson Ranch, where we rescue and train horses, teach horsemanship, and do other horse recreational activities like trail rides.
