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Cowboy Heart · Horses, kids & dogs

A cowboy’s heart.

Before the towers, the deals and the books, there were horses. Today it’s just my dog Sandi and me in Austin, Texas, where I write and build Ventura Capital Ai. This page is the part of me that doesn’t fit on a résumé: horses, kids, dogs, and the heroes who keep us free.

— Gene

  • Gene riding a sorrel quarter horse at speed in a rodeo arena
  • Gene on a California ranch holding Not Done Yet beside his horse, with cattle behind
  • Gene working a steer on his horse during team penning
  • Gene in a black cowboy hat with his horse at the arena
Lynn Devenport in a white hat and Gene in a black hat on horseback at the Del Mar arena
Lynn Devenport, in the white hat, and Gene at the Del Mar arena.

Team penning · San Pasqual Valley

Chasing cows with Lynn

For years my team penning partner was Lynn Devenport of San Pasqual Valley Ranch in Escondido, California: a Texas-born rodeo legend and one of the finest horsemen I’ve ever ridden beside.

At the Del Mar arena, Lynn and I won our buckles at a charity team penning event. We gave our winnings to San Pasqual Academy, the San Pasqual Valley high school and home for foster youth.

Giving back · Wounded Warrior Project

Where wounded heroes learn to ride again

Lynn and I gave our time at the ranch to wounded warriors coming home from severe trauma: PTSD and the loss of limbs. We taught them to connect with a horse and with the healing power of this majestic animal. Some of them rode without legs.

I saw the most amazing transformation and healing between man and animal, and I have never forgotten it.

Ventura Capital Ai donates to Wounded Warrior Project. Please join me in supporting these amazing heroes who keep us free every day.

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Donations go directly to Wounded Warrior Project through its own website. Ventura Capital Ai is not affiliated with Wounded Warrior Project.

“Some of them rode without legs. I saw the most amazing transformation and healing between man and animal.”

— Gene J. Ventura

My gift to the world

Julia, raised in the saddle

I raised my daughter Julia in Rancho Santa Fe, California, where she grew up on horses and trail rides. Through her formative years she became a county champion hunter jumper, and she rode all the way to the Santa Clara riding team.

Julia graduated from the business school and today advises Fortune 500 companies as a consultant with EY.

She is truly my gift to the world, and horses were her foundation for success.

  • Gene and his daughter Julia at a riding team show
  • Julia clearing a jump on a bay horse
  • Julia mounted on a dark bay hunter at a horse show
  • Julia standing with her bay horse under the trees
Gene in a black cowboy hat with his golden retriever Sandi, the Austin skyline and Texas Capitol behind them

Home · Austin, Texas

These days it’s just my dog Sandi and me in Austin, writing the next book and building Ventura Capital Ai.

Not Done Yet promotional poster: Cowboys survive. They don’t look back. Still standing. Still riding. Still here. Love Wins.

On the reading trail

Two books for the road

The Soul of a Horse: Life Lessons from the Herd

By Joe Camp, the creator of Benji. It’s the book I recommend most on the connection between man and this majestic animal, and the healing I saw at the ranch.

Find it on Amazon

Not Done Yet by James G. Ventura

My #1 Amazon best seller in Psychoanalysis. Cowboys survive. Still standing, still riding, still here.

Get your copy on Amazon

Pull Me Close, Punish Me Hard

The sequel, coming to Amazon in January 2027.

See Love Wins Media