Session Type: Convention
Location
Location: McCormick Place WESTRoom Number: Skyline Ballroom C-E
Available Dates & Times
Description
CHRIS GARDNER
Businessman, Philanthropist, Motivational Speaker | Sunday, September 27 • 10:15 am
Six years before founding his own brokerage firm, Chris Gardner was “fighting, scratching, and crawling my way out of the gutter with a baby on my back.” The subject of the blockbuster memoir and film “The Pursuit of Happyness,” he worked through homelessness and single fatherhood to gain an internship at Dean Witter Reynolds and later became one of Bear Stearns’ top earners. In 1987, he established Gardner Rich & Co. in Chicago. Today, he is a multimillionaire, international businessman, philanthropist, and motivational speaker, sharing what he has learned and why passion is prerequisite for success. Catch his passion at our Opening General Session. Gardner will sign his book in the NECA booth on the Show floor after he speaks. Books will be available for purchase.