What is Brad Lea’s net worth?
Brad Lea is a businessman who has a net worth of $30 million. He’s built his way up from nothing to become a CEO, a public speaker, an angel investor, a tech company founder, and a self-professed truth-teller.
Brad Lea knows he isn’t perfect—in fact, he’s made his living off imperfection.
Author of the bestselling Lessons I’ve Learned the Hard Way So You Don’t Have To, Lea admits to his mistakes so he can help others succeed quicker.
A growing presence in the mainstream media, Brad has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc., The New York Times, and High Rise Life.
Here’s what we know about this thought leader, husband, and father.
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The Origin Story
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Brad Lea was born on November 9, 1969, in Cottage Grove, Oregon.
He was born into a middle class Oregon family but experienced a lot of ups and downs at a young age.
His parents divorced when he was 2, and his mom struggled a lot with Brad, his 3 older siblings, and a new baby in the house.
She ended up putting Brad and his older siblings into foster care, and keeping the baby.
Fortunately, Brad’s paternal grandmother advocated for the abandoned kids, and made Brad’s dad come and collect them before they could be lost to the system.
Brad and his family moved to Eugene, Oregon, when he was 14 years old.
Despite the early trauma, Brad is decidedly comfortable with his childhood.
While he says his father wasn’t very hands-on—he believed that kids should be seen, not heard—he knew that his dad loved him in his own way.
He was also a hard worker, something that Lea definitely inherited…eventually.
The Early Days
When Lea was 16 years old, he dropped out of high school.
His plan was to become a famous movie star.
It didn’t work out, and within six months Brad was back home with no money and in desperate need of a job.
He scored a job in retail, and then—at 17 years old—he went to work for the Forest Service with heroic dreams of fighting forest fires and rescuing lost hikers.
In reality, working for the Forest Service was a lot of manual labor and heavy lifting—but very little recognition.
Lea quit on the spot.
He lasted a day.
The very next day, he saw an ad for a local company looking for a car salesman.
Getting desperately low on money, Lea figured he’d try his luck.
He got the job—and almost straight away, he knew he’d found his calling.
He didn’t even feel like an employee, said Brad in 2020—he could make as much money as he wanted if he was good enough.
“The way I looked at it, [the owner] paid for all the cars, the building, the advertising, and let me have my own little business without investing a dime.”
Within 12 months, he was outperforming every other salesperson on the team.
He was making money hand over fist, and for an 18 year old kid, things were finally looking up.
Brad eventually moved on to selling vacuums, and then art, but the strategy was the same: learning what makes people tick.
The Evolution of a Parent
Lea fathered his first child when he was 17 years old.
He was broke, he had no prospects, and he wasn’t ready for fatherhood.
He and his girlfriend went on to have another baby together when Brad was 19, but he admits he was never around.
“I wasn’t responsible. I was very irresponsible. By the time I started coming around they were 12 and 14, and I just wanted to be their friends.”
Being open about the mistakes he’s made as a father, Brad has used his failures to improve—but it’s taken some time.
When “the second set” of kids came along, Brad was a little older and wiser.
He was 26 years old when his third child was born, and 28 years old for the second.
Unaware of what they were taking in, he describes himself as better, and more present, but still careless.
It wasn’t until Brad was in his mid-40s and married to Melissa Renee Lea that he finally managed to step up as a father.
The couple welcomed their daughters, and by 2020, Brad Lea could finally say he was being “a great dad.”
It was around this time that he Tweeted: “I have 6 kids. I haven’t always been the best, but I’ve changed. […] Being a dad is a gift but it’s also a responsibility.”
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LightSpeed VT
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In 1999, Brad Lea founded the tech company LightSpeed VT.
His goal was to revolutionize online training and provide a valuable coaching system to his students from anywhere in the world.
The company has its base in Las Vegas, Nevada, but reaches students internationally.
Lea teaches businesses how to build world-class training systems, boost company performance, drive sales, and minimize staff turnover—all from the comfort of his own desk.
He has since branched out to launch the Brad Lea TV YouTube channel and the Dropping Bombs podcast.
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“Stop sharing your plans with people who don’t want to see you win.”
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Net Worth
So, how much is Brad Lea worth? Lea earned most of his wealth from founding and managing LightSpeed VT. In 2016, the revenue was close to $20 million. Lea is also the author of The Hard Way and host of the podcast Dropping Bombs. The podcast can be watched on his YouTube channel – “BRAD LEA TV.” Therefore, Brad Lea has an estimated net of $30 million.
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