Welcome to Leader One Financial

Our journey began in Kansas in 1992 as a local mortgage lender with a staff of one. LeaderOne founder and CEO A.W. Pickel gathered the best mortgage professionals across the country to cultivate the company into a full service mortgage banking operation. LeaderOne Financial is experiencing explosive growth of 1882% over the last three years in mortgage markets across the country, creating a stronger base to serve existing and future loan offices. LeaderOne’s highly qualified staff is currently originating over half a billion annually and servicing over $175 million in conventional and government loans. LeaderOne Financial prides itself on hiring and cultivating the best professionals in the mortgage industry. Our home office is located in Overland Park Kansas. We service loans in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon,Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.

LeaderOne Financial Named to the INC 500 List

LeaderOne Financial has the distinction of being selected on the INC 500 list, named 149th overall and 12th for financial service companies in the entire nation. Since 1982, INC. Magazine has recognized the fastest growing privately held companies in the United States through the INC 500 list.
The extensive list of business leaders and industry innovators celebrates the best of the best in many categories, including retail, financial services, software, manufacturing and real estate. “It is both humbling and exciting to be on the INC 500 list. Exciting to see our company among the luminaries for growth in America and to know that we are helping our country grow. Humbling to know the responsibility that comes with growth, yet we are striving every day to serve both our employees and our customers,” said A.W. Pickel, III, LeaderOne Financial founder and CEO.