EYL Alumni Profiles
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HOW A CHALLENGE FROM THEIR MOTHER FORCED TWIN BROTHERS TO BEGIN INVESTING, HELPING CHANGE THE NARRATIVE OF CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE
When you hear about the South Side of Chicago you often hear talk of violence, death, and destruction. Unfortunately, the high crime rate has tainted the image of the city for many.Two twin brothers Anthony and Anton Downing are helping...
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HOW A 26 YEAR OLD ENTREPRENEUR WENT FROM A DOORMAN, TO RUNNIG A MILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS, TO A PARTNER IN A $25 MILLION VENTURE CAPITAL FIRM.
John Henry aka @johnhenrystyle is the son of Dominican immigrants. He grew up in poverty, with his parents having a combined household income of less than $30,000. He was uninterested in school and dropped out of junior college after one...
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HOW AN EX-FELON WENT FROM MAKING 8 CENTS AN HOUR ON A PRISON CHAIN GANG TO BECOMING A STOCK MARKET WIZARD THAT GIVES HOPE TO THE HOPELESS
Leon Howard aka @wall_street_trapper life story should be turned into a motion picture. He grew up in the turbulent streets of New Orleans. His mother was shot in front of him when he was 9 years old. He took to...
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HOW A 25 YEAR OLD ENTREPRENEUR WENT FROM MAKING $15 AN HOUR TO BEING THE CEO OF THE FASTEST-GROWING TAX PREPARATION COMPANY IN HISTORY
After one year of community college @princedonnelldropped out of school and began to work in the corporate world for TD Bank. He obtained his life and health insurance license and started selling annuities and other bank products. At the time...
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AFTER A COUPLE LOST EVERYTHING THEY BET ON THEMSELVES IN A LITTLE KNOWN INDUSTRY AND ENDED UP BUILDING A BUSINESS POWERHOUSE.
Mobile homes are a multi-billion dollar industry. It requires extremely low amounts of capital to invest and the profit margins can be huge. The owners of @mobilehomeeliteinvestors @byronssellers and @sharnicetwilliams came into the mobile home business by fate. Their...
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NO ONE KNOWS THE MAN THAT CHANGED THE SPIRITS INDUSTRY FOREVER. NOW A CULTURAL IS HELPING TO CHANGE THAT.
Nathan “Nearest” Green was a slave in the mid 1800s. He worked on a farm in Lincoln Country, Tennessee owned by a preacher. Aside from running a church the preacher also ran a local liquor distillery.Nathan was a skilled whiskey...
