Derrick Christy resides in Indiana with his family and also where his companies are headquartered. He married his high school sweetheart, Jeanene. They have two adult children, their spouses and 2 grandsons. He is focused on fitness with activities including strength training, pickleball, paddle board and snow skiing. He is the CEO of several companies in the financial services, real estate and education. One of the early companies, Approved Mortgage has been in business for more than 30 years and has funded in excess of $7 Billion in mortgages. He also owns more than 30 commercial or multi-family properties primarily in Indiana but also in Florida, Texas and Arizona. His company, Horizon Property Group provides commercial property management and leasing for his own properties, while his company, Allen Christy Capital along with its investors are focused on purchasing 100+ unit value add multi-family properties to expand its portfolio. He also owns https://gatewayeducation.com which is an ed-tech e-commerce company that is disruptive in the higher ed vertical by lowering the cost of general education college credits for students down to just a $95 per month membership and only $79 per course.