Chris Gardner
(1954-)
American businessman and motivational speaker
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Christopher Paul Gardner (born February 9, 1954) is an American businessman and motivational speaker. During the early 1980s, Gardner struggled with homelessness while raising a toddler son. He became a stock broker and eventually founded his own brokerage firm Gardner Rich & Co in 1987. In 2006, Gardner sold his minority stake in the firm and published a memoir. That book was made into the motion picture The Pursuit of Happyness starring Will Smith.
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9 February 1954 (age 71) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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