After obtaining his M.D. and practicing medicine in the United Kingdom and Africa, Lenny Peters came to the U.S. and founded the Bethany Medical Center in High Point, which has grown from a single clinic in 1987 to the largest independent medical group in North Carolina.
Peters served as the founding director of Bank of North Carolina, later part of Pinnacle Bank, and as co-chairman of the board of directors for Carolina State Bank. He has served on the boards of the Piedmont Triad Partnership, Forward High Point, and Business High Point Chamber of Commerce. The Lenny Peters Foundation provides charitable grants and donations to needy individuals in the Piedmont Triad, and to many other charity organizations in the U.S. and around the world.