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Christopher Gardner

Christopher Gardner is the owner and CEO of Christopher Gardner International Holdings and author of the autobiography, The Pursuit of Happyness, a New York Times and Washington Post #1 best-seller. Gardner is also the inspiration for the acclaimed movie The Pursuit of Happyness, for which Will Smith, starring as Gardner, received Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and Academy Award nominations for his performance. Always hardworking and tenacious, a series of adverse circumstances in the early 1980's left Gardner homeless in San Francisco and the sole guardian of his toddler son. Unwilling to give up Chris Jr. or his dreams of success, Gardner climbed the financial industry ladder from the very bottom. Surmounting acute obstacles throughout his life, Gardner is an avid motivational speaker, addressing the keys to self-empowerment, beating odds, and breaking cycles. Gardner is also a passionate philanthropist committed to many charitable organizations. He lives in Chicago and New York. Christopher Gardner is the head of his own successful brokerage firm - but just 20 years ago, Gardner was homeless, carried all his possessions on his back, and lived-on occasion-in a bathroom at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in Oakland, California. A true testament to the... Next

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