The Road Ahead: Mat Ishbia's Michigan State Donation
SBJ Unpacks
English - March 10, 2021 21:00 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsSports News News Business b2b sports business journal sbj business news sports Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Former Michigan State walk-on basketball player Mat Ishbia recently made headlines when he donated a staggering $32M to his alma mater’s athletics department, the single largest gift by an individual in school history. With March Madness approaching, Ishbia joins SBJ's Michael Smith to discuss the lessons he took from playing for Spartans coach Tom Izzo and the basketball concepts he has used to build his company, United Wholesale Mortgages or UWM, into a goliath, originating the second-most loans in the U.S.
*Interview recorded 3/1/21