Chris Gardner
Entrepreneur
Notable Achievement
The Pursuit of Happyness inspiration
Biography
Christopher Paul Gardner, Sr. is an American businessman and motivational speaker. He became a stockbroker in the mid-1980s 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. The book was later made into the motion picture The Pursuit of Happyness.
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Birthday Date
Chris Gardner was born on February 9