Chris Gardner: Net worth, wife, and family.
Chris Gardner entered the world on February 9, 1954, in Milwaukee.
He is a business owner, stock broker, and motivational speaker from the United States. Christopher Jarrett Gardner is his son, and Jacintha Medina Garnder is his daughter.
Chris’s childhood was very hard. His stepfather was mean to him, his mother, and his sisters. Even though his mother Bettye Jean was so rude and mean to him as a child, he learned to believe in himself and be self-reliant.
He sticks to his beliefs. He was a neglected and abused child who never learned to read or write. So, he decided not to be helpless like that again. He overcame all the odds and became a very successful businessman in the United States.
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Chris Garnder: Being an Adult, Getting Married, and Troubles
He used to work as a medical corpsman, where he was paid $800 per year. After that, he worked in innovative clinical research at a University of California Medical Center.
In the middle of the 1980s, he also worked as a salesperson for medical equipment, but he didn’t make much more than $300 a month. That wasn’t enough for him to make a living and care for his family.
On June 18, 1977, he got married to mathematician Sherry Dyson. As he has learned a lot about medicine, he decided to become a doctor when he turned 26. But since they had different ideas, Sherry said it wasn’t true. In 1986, after being apart for 9 years, they got a divorce.
While he was living with Sherry Dyson, he started dating Jackie Medina, who was in dental school. A few months after the affair, she found out she was pregnant. This was also why Sherry needed to be left alone. He moved on and had a son named Christopher Jarret Medina with his new girlfriend, Jackie Medina.
Gardner’s life changed when he met a man in a red Ferrari who was perfectly dressed. He asked who carried him. Chris decided to be as rich as he became as a successful stockbroker, since he said he was a stockbroker.
Chris Gardner as a Businessman
Chris opened a brokerage firm called Gardner Rich & Co. in 1987. He started his new business with just $10,000 and one piece of furniture.
After Gardner sold his small stake in Gardner Rich for a lot of money in 2006, he became CEO and founder of Christopher Gardner International Holdings, which has offices in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco.
Gardner went to South Africa to watch races around the time of the tenth anniversary of the end of legally enforced racial segregation. While there, he met with Nelson Mandela to talk about possible solutions.
business sectors that are growing in South Africa. Gardner was planning a risky investment there that he thought would pay off and bring millions of dollars from outside the country into the economy. Gardner has refused to give details about the project, citing privacy laws.
The Look for Happiness
On December 15, 2006, Chris Gardner’s autobiography, The Pursuit of Happiness, came out. His autobiography was like a movie script. The movie starring Will Smith, Thandie Newton, and Jaden Smith was directed by Gabriele Muccino. The movie was mostly about how he was homeless and how hard his life was.
The book is one of the best-selling books, and the movie is one of Hollywood’s biggest hits.
Honors and Awards
He also gives money to good causes. He runs a lot of charities and gives shelter to people who are homeless. He worked his whole life to help poor children.
The NFI gave Gardner the Father of the Year Award in 2002. He also won the 2006 Friends of Africa Award from the Continental Africa Chamber of Commerce and the 25th Annual Humanitarian Award from the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women (LACAAW).