Strategic Clarity: Hunter S. GaylorOn Creatively Solving Problems Across Industries

Finding Genius Podcast

Richard Jacobs

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4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Join us in this episode as we explore the world of complex problem-solving across industries with Hunter S. Gaylor, an executive partner, financial expert, and author. Hunter is a highly accomplished business leader with a diverse range of expertise spanning mobile banking, corporate strategy, private aviation, and international relations. He holds a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree from Harvard University, is the Founder of Spencer Pruitt, and is the author of Planes Plants and Politics: A Mental Framework To Help Overcome Challenges in Any Industry.

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0:22.2	He hunts down and interviews geniuses in every field, sleep science, cancer, stem cells,
0:27.1	ketogenic diets, and more.
0:28.7	Here come the geniuses.
0:30.3	This is the Finding Genius podcast.
0:33.0	The Richard Jacobs.
0:42.5	Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius podcast. I guess today is Hunter Gaylor.
0:47.8	He's an executive partner and financial expert. Spencer Pruitt. He's the author of Plains,
0:53.2	plants, and politics, a mental framework to help overcome challenges in any industry. So I love problem solvers and glad to speak to you, Hunter. Thanks for coming. No, it's always a pleasure to talk, and problem solving is what I do, so I look forward to our conversation. Well, tell me a bit about your background. You know, are you always a problem solver, you know, working different industries, and how did it lead to your current position and your authorship of the book?
1:15.7	Well, you know, I guess I could give you the Reader's Digest version of my background. I went to a military high school when I was in high school. I graduated. I went to Harvard.
1:22.5	And I studied government and international relations with a little bit of focus on kind of geopolitical
1:30.1	economics and financial accounting and things like that.
1:34.0	Ended up starting a tech company.
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