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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Rags-to-riches story inspires readers
just in time to help keep New Year's
resolutions
Las Vegas, NV, October 25, 2010 - Acclaimed
author, syndicated columnist, and
entrepreneur Farrah Gray offers readers
Reallionaire: Nine Steps to Becoming Rich
from the Inside Out (HCI) just in time to
help them keep those so-often abandoned
resolutions for the New Year. Raised in the
projects on the south side of Chicago, Gray
defied the odds and became a self-made
millionaire by the age of 14.
Gray began his entrepreneurial, personal and
civic development as a stellar young citizen
at six years old selling homemade body
lotion and his own hand-painted rocks as
bookends door-to-door. At age seven, he was
carrying business cards reading "21st
Century CEO." He went on to foster companies
as diverse as a venture capital fund to food
manufacturing.
His rise from poverty to international
renown as an entrepreneurial icon and
preeminent power speaker has inspired
millions around the world and is now
available to readers in Reallionaire; Get
Real, Get Rich; and The Truth Shall Make You
Rich. Gray’s books have been translated into
Russian, German, Polish, French, Korean,
Indonesian, and Vietnamese languages with
book sales in Africa, Australia and Europe
and in Central and South American countries.
Grays books have also become required
reading in university classrooms at Harvard
and Princeton, among others.
Gray has extensive experience advising
readers about personal and professional
matters. He is a syndicated columnist with
the National Newspaper Publishers
Association federation of 200 weekly
newspapers reaching more than 15 million
readers. As an AOL Money Coach, Gray gives
daily leadership, personal and professional
development, diversity, strategic planning,
creativity, and financial management advice
to millions of AOL subscribers.
His sense of social responsibility motivated
him to create the non-profit organization,
The Farrah Gray Foundation, which focuses on
inner city community-based entrepreneurship
education and provides financial assistance
for students from at-risk backgrounds to
attend Historically Black Colleges and
Universities. He donates his speaking
engagement honorariums, which can be upwards
of $15,000, and the proceeds of his book to
his foundation.
At the age of 21 in recognition of his
ingenious economic mind and distinguished
commitment to values such as leadership,
integrity, and scholarship, Gray received an
Honorary Doctorate degree of Humane Letters
from Allen University. He holds Keys to the
Cities of Dallas, Shreveport, and
Cincinnati. He has also received
Proclamations from the Governors of Illinois
and Nevada, the Mayors of Louisville,
Kentucky, Chicago, Las Vegas, New Orleans
and Wilmington, Delaware, and St. Thomas in
the US Virgin Islands. Dr. Gray's Awards
include The National Urban League Whitney M.
Young Jr. Entrepreneurship Award, The
Alabama A&M Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE)
Award, and The Davidson College Love of
Learning Lifetime Educational Achievement
Award, Central State University Award of
Appreciation for contributions made in the
area of entrepreneurship, NV Magazine Vision
Award, and the American Red Cross Award of
Appreciation.
Reallionaire is available online and in
bookstores everywhere. Learn more about this
inspiring figure at: www.Farrahgray.com
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TIP SHEET:
Bill Clinton, (Former) President of the
United States of America: "I know Farrah
Gray and we have discussed his future. His
motivation determines what he will do. His
attitude determines how well he will succeed
at making a difference.”
O: The Oprah Magazine dubbed Farrah Gray an
"all-star" with "priceless advice.”
Suze Orman, New York Times Bestselling
Author: "You are just the best and the real
thing.”
Good Morning America: “Farrah Gray is the
ultimate American success story.”
ABC 20/20: “America's Reallionaire.”
CNN: "Farrah Gray the youngest African
American of his generation to make his mark
on Wall Street and to become a millionaire.”
MSN.com placed Farrah Gray on its 2010 Young
Tycoons List along with Mark Zuckerberg.
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