EPISODE · Dec 11, 2025 · 27 MIN
Pete Proimos, CEO, AP Emissions: Find the Thing that Breaks your Heart and Never Look Away (Pt 1)
from Stumbling Blocks: How Great Leaders Are Made · host Jonathan Block
Pete shares his remarkable journey from being diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, to hiding the disease as a CEO, to selling to Warren Buffett, to finding what broke his heart and refusing to look away. He discusses his family's immigration story, the evolution of their business, the challenges he faced growing up with a chronic illness, and the time his mom threatened to break a social worker's legs.Don't miss Part 2.Links: December 14, 2025 Lung Run https://filotimofoundation.org/lung-run-2025/ Filotimo Foundation: https://filotimofoundation.org/ Pete's Full ABC News Interview on ABC 11Togetherhttps://youtu.be/OwIr7_f9a9IKeywordsCystic Fibrosis, Family Business, Philanthropy, Health Journey, Immigrant Story, Personal Growth, Advocacy, Nonprofit, Adoption Support, Life ExpectancyTakeaways, Adoption, Infertility, Lung Run, ABC News Raleigh NC, ABC News, Blooper
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