$1.5 Billion in Hotels and Thousands of Employees. How this Hotel Magnate Keeps His Faith Central | Tim Busch

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Tim Busch of the Napa Institute is one of very few Catholic business owners who runs a huge organization with thousands of employees, who is also (a) willing to be visible / interviewed, and (b) choosing to stay in the arena.

At this point in his life, he could easily retire and take it easy. But as I’ve learned from the book his daughter wrote about him, and through meeting him for this interview, he’s not planning on backing down. He’s continuing to build and influence the world towards God using his resources, his network, and his time.

We desperately need more Tim Busch’s in the world. Will you be one?

Will you firmly root God at the center of your life as you build your enterprise?

Will you put in all your effort to build a substantial business and not get lazy?

Will you start projects that require long-term time and financial commitment?

Will you fund existing projects to help transform the culture?

Will you be open about your life so others have the opportunity to be inspired by your example?

In a word, will you be a Catholic Founder?

Key Topics Discussed:

-The scale of their operation. $1.5bn in hotels w/ $400m in revenue. Busch family markets. NAPA Institute. Philanthropic work.
-Keeping his faith alive in his work. The ways he integrates the faith into his work and how he runs his companies.
-Why & What the NAPA Institute is.
-Why personal giving is better than gov’t-funded social services. Why social services lack accountability and innovation. And why we should be doing this, giving ourselves while holding those orgs accountable.
-How to treat employees with dignity. Specifically ensuring there are no gatekeepers to reach him in his company.
-How he thinks about legacy and passing the business on to his children. And specifically the importance of handing things off to his children while he’s still alive.
-Why he’s not really interested in retirement. He sees his life and success as a gift. He also really enjoys work. So he can’t understand why he would stop building. For him, with his network and track record, it’s now possible for him to do bigger and better things. He believes that in the next 10 years he’ll be able to do more than he’s done in the past 40 years of his career given the compounding.

(Among many other topics)

God Bless & Happy Building!

~Silas Mähner