Max Valverde lived the corporate life and needed a change. The 39-year-old married father of three sold his share in a successful software company and went after professional athlete status.
PARK CITY — Once upon a time a man got married, had some kids, worked at a corporate job and made lots of money. He was very much living the life he set out to live — yet, there was something missing.
For the better part of his 20s and 30s, Valverde climbed the corporate ladder, even making it on the popular show,The corporate grind took him and his family of five to many places around the world, where he managed hundreds of employees and grew brands that he would eventually sell for a large profit.
He moved his family to Park City for its unmatched active lifestyle — including mountain biking, hiking and backcountry skiing. Valverde said"I do this thing where I write down who I want to be in five, 10, 15, 20 years — like what I want to be when I grow up. When the software company was sold, I was like, 'Well, you know, I don't really want to start another software company and have 500 employees, because it's really stressful,'" he said.
"You hear people going to med school when they're 30, and becoming a surgeon at 45," he continued. "There's a cool story in there of flipping the script a little bit and asking if a decent athlete could start competing at the highest level. I believe there is a physical beast inside all of us.
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