From Janitor to Top Executive Part One

Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger

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Self-improvement, Education, Business, Investing

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

This weekend we're joined by Richard Montañez, whose upcoming book, Flamin' Hot: The Incredible True Story of One Man's Rise from Janitor to Top Executive, tells the story of a man who made a science out of walking through closed doors.

Having taken a job mopping floors at Frito-Lay's California factory to support his family, Montañez took his future into his own hands and created the world’s hottest snack food: Flamin’ Hot Cheetos.

This bold move not only disrupted the food industry with some much-needed spice, but also shook up a corporate culture in which everyone stayed in their lane.

Through creative thinking, community building, and a few powerful mindset shifts, he outsmarted the naysayers who tried to get in his way, proving that you can break out of your career rut and that your present circumstances don't have to dictate your future.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Jill on Money Podcast.
0:05.8	It's Saturday, June 12th.
0:08.2	And I don't know about you guys, but over the past week, it's been flame and hot in the
0:12.6	Northeast.
0:13.6	Many parts of the country are flame and hot.
0:15.4	I'm going to keep saying flame and hot.
0:17.1	That's your clue as to who our guest is this weekend.
0:21.8	It is Richard Montanyes.
0:23.9	He is the guy who went from being a janitor at Frito Lay to being one of the people involved
0:31.0	with inventing flame and hot Cheetos.
0:34.0	He's got a great story.
0:35.9	He's got a fun book.
0:37.1	It's called Flame and Hot, the incredible true story of one man's rise from janitor to
0:42.0	top executive.
0:43.9	This is the first part of our interview with Richard Montanyes.
0:49.2	So you've got this amazing story, the Mexican American, rises up, rocks and rolls.
0:56.1	The flame and hot in the title of your memoir has to do with flame and hot Cheetos.
1:04.4	We book this interview, I don't know when, Mark, back in April, and the book's coming
1:10.1	out now in June.
1:12.9	In the interim, Richard, there was like this crazy ass long LA Times story.
1:20.0	The headline was insanity to me, which is the man who didn't invent flame and hot Cheetos.
1:26.4	Why do LA Times come after you and what's a deal with this story?
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