Farrah Gray
American Businessman and Investor
| Date of Birth | : | 09 Sep, 1984 |
| Place of Birth | : | America |
| Profession | : | Author, Entrepreneur, Businessperson, Motivational Speaker, Columnist, Inventor, Philanthropist, Journalist |
| Nationality | : | American |
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Farrah Gray (Farrakhan Khalid Muhammad) is an American businessman, investor, author, columnist, and motivational speaker.
Gray was raised on Chicago's South side. He is the son of the late black nationalist leader Khalid Abdul Muhammad. He began his entrepreneurial career at the age of six selling homemade lotion and hand-painted rocks door-to-door. He is Christian.
Global Keynote Speaker, and Philanthropist
Gray was featured on two high-profile INC MAGAZINE lists along with Mark Zuckerberg. Oprah Winfrey dubbed Farrah Gray as an "all-star" with "priceless advice." - O, The Oprah Magazine
"Farrah Gray one of the Most Influential Black Men in America." - NBC NEWS
Named Top 100 Globally Influential Under 40 by The United Nations MIPAD
Farrah Gray has generated more than twenty billion online impressions and now has over five million followers on social media platforms Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Twitter combined.
Ebony Magazine and Black Enterprise recognized him as an entrepreneurial icon and best-selling author. Raised in the impoverished Southside of Chicago, Gray defied the odds and became a self-made millionaire by fourteen and opened his headquarters office on Wall Street. At the age of twenty-one, he was a recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree from Allen University. In recognition of his ingenious economic mind and distinguished commitment to developing values such as leadership, integrity, and scholarship. In his rise from poverty to national and international prominence, Farrah Gray has inspired millions worldwide. At thirty-seven, he has achieved more than many achieve in a lifetime.
As an international bestselling author, Gray's books, and his journey to succeed against the odds have become required reading and part of classroom study from elementary school to entrepreneurship departments on college and university campuses such as Harvard University and Princeton. Gray's books, "Reallionaire," "Get Real Get Rich," "The Truth Shall Make You Rich," "Comfort is the Enemy of Achievement," and "Strong Women Only Intimidate Weak Men" have been translated into Russian, German, Polish, French, Korean, Indonesian, Chinese Simplified, and Vietnamese languages with book sales in Africa, Australia, and Europe, and Central and South American countries.
Gray is also a contributing author to the books "Chicken Soup for the African-American Soul," "Chicken Soup for the Extraordinary Teen Soul," "You've Got to Read This Book" Gray has also been featured in "Put Your Dreams to The Test" By John C. Maxwell and "The Covenant to Black America" Part 1 & 2. Gray's books combined have sold or have been downloaded by two million readers globally.
As a philanthropist, Farrah Gray's sense of social responsibility motivated him to create the non-profit organization, The Farrah Gray Foundation. Among other programs and initiatives, his foundation focuses on inner-city community-based entrepreneurship education and provides scholarship and grant assistance for students from 'at-risk' backgrounds to attend HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities). The Farrah Gray Foundation has partnered with the Kauffman Foundation, which launched entrepreneurship programs in inner-city schools across the country.
Many of the world's Fortune 500 corporations sought out his expertise. His clients have included Verizon, Hershey's corporation, Nissan, Procter & Gamble, JP Morgan Chase, Toyota, The White House, United States Department of Commerce, U.S. Treasury Department, and many more.
Gray is also the recipient of The Prestigious Trumpet Award (Other recipients include luminaries such as Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Ray Charles, President Nelson Mandela, Beyonce, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and many more.)
Quotes
Total 30 Quotes
If you make too many things too public, then you end up living your life before the court of public opinion.
We have to learn to face our fears and push ourselves. If you're living on earth and you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room. When you push past the fear and realize that what you feared was not a big deal, you gain more confidence.
Always define your area of excellence. Establish the area where you will be the best.
Keep putting out good. It will come back to you tenfold in unexpected ways.
You know, you don't have to have money to be a successful businessperson. You don't need a college degree. You just need a lot of common sense backed up by a willingness to work hard.
I believe that my personal mission in life is to grow and contribute, so I am learning and growing every day.
My grandma used to make syrup for us because we couldn't afford it and I just played around with her recipe. I made strawberry syrup and that didn't really work out but I made strawberry-vanilla and that sold. Then I just went out and took marketing classes, went to seminars, learned about marketing a product and striking deals. It ended up taking orders of $1.5 million.
I firmly believe that the two most important times in a person's life are when they are born and when they find out why they were born.
Money lets you enjoy the finer things of life, but it doesn't change who you are. It magnifies and brings into fruition the things that you want to hide most. It is a mask for insecurities as well.
When people listen to people like me, those of us who have a platform, we have to say things that speak truth. We have to empower, inspire, build, and launch the next generation of world solutions that will positively contribute to our economic, political and social fabric and - hopefully - improve the entire nation and the world.
