Matt launched his first company, Commercial Fleet Financing, Inc. (CFF), in 1995 with a phone, a folding table and the unyielding confidence of a single client, a trucker. Fast forward 23 years and CFF, has funded over $1 billion in transportation equipment with annual business of $150,000,000+. CFF has served more than 10,000 clients and has become one of the largest independently owned transportation equipment finance companies in America. CFF is a 3-time winner of The SMU Cox School of Business 100 Fastest Growing Companies.
His companies have been recognized in publications such as Inc. Magazine, Dallas Business Journal, Overdrive Magazine, Fleet Owner, Transport Topics, Commercial Carrier Journal, and Dealer Solutions Magazine.
Audiences resonate with his tough-minded and business battle tested philosophies on “company culture”, skilling up and scaling up” and “finding your GRIT”. He is willing and eager to share his positive and negative experiences within both the personal and business world with others. Matt is a sought after speaker within the entrepreneurial and association communities, and has a highly popular podcast aptly named, YOU NEED MORE MONEY.
Matt’s first book, THE GRIT, was published in 2015. His latest book, YOU NEED MORE MONEY, launched in March of 2018 and was published by Penguin/Random House.
He is happily married to his beloved wife of 19 years, Rokki, and they have 3 amazing boys, John (16), Jack (13), and Julian (12). They live in Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas.
“When I think about what I have to say in regards to “THE GRIT” all that comes to mind are expletives… I want to swear up a storm and scream because of how fired up I get and how much I want to kick my own ass for not being gritty enough day in and day out. The Grit calls everyone out for not giving enough skin to get the win, and reminds me personally of what it’s taken for me to come this far, as well as what it will take to get even further in my endeavors. Thank you Matt for making such an eye opening piece of literature available… I almost started getting comfortable before reading this.”
J Skellie
“When I think about what I have to say in regards to “THE GRIT” all that comes to mind are expletives… I want to swear up a storm and scream because of how fired up I get and how much I want to kick my own ass for not being gritty enough day in and day out. The Grit calls everyone out for not giving enough skin to get the win, and reminds me personally of what it’s taken for me to come this far, as well as what it will take to get even further in my endeavors. Thank you Matt for making such an eye opening piece of literature available… I almost started getting comfortable before reading this.”
J Skellie
“When I think about what I have to say in regards to “THE GRIT” all that comes to mind are expletives… I want to swear up a storm and scream because of how fired up I get and how much I want to kick my own ass for not being gritty enough day in and day out. The Grit calls everyone out for not giving enough skin to get the win, and reminds me personally of what it’s taken for me to come this far, as well as what it will take to get even further in my endeavors. Thank you Matt for making such an eye opening piece of literature available… I almost started getting comfortable before reading this.”
J Skellie
