Originally published at National Catholic Register
As a young man, Peter Rex wanted to glorify God and change the world. The only problem? He was, in his own words, too “unruly” to stick it out in seminary and found that he didn’t like politics.
So Rex went into business — and discovered his path to proclaiming the Gospel in the process.
Free to use his gifts for problem solving and innovation like never before, the upstate New York native found entrepreneurship to be a powerful avenue for serving others in ways that reverenced their dignity and his own.
Now 42 and with several successful ventures under his belt, Rex employs 500-plus people at the Austin, Texas-based, eponymous tech company he founded in 2018, where Catholic principles provide the basis for everything from the small business-assisting products he invests in to how he shapes his company culture.
“I try to take the same missionary zeal that I’d have if I was running a mission out in Africa as a priest and apply it to the business world in which I work,” Rex, who is married with five kids, told the Register. “And I think that through the business world, we help bring the
