Farrah Gray – From the Projects to Self-Made Millionaire

Getting Real about Getting Rich

According to Gallup studies, eight out of 10 African-American high school students want to start their own companies. Unfortunately, oftentimes those dreams of entrepreneurship can get lost between studying for exams and integrating yourself into campus culture.

Yet, while attaining your college degree can be among the most important aspect of becoming financially independent, many African Americans are now realizing that unless you are a star entertainer or athlete the real “bling” tends to come from doing your own thing. According to data from the Census Bureau, while overall businesses increased 10 percent from, 1997-2002, the rate of growth for Black-owned businesses actually exceeded any other large ethnic group.

For Farrah Gray (right), the bestselling author of “Reallionaire” who rose out of Chicago’s rough South Side to become an entrepreneur by the age of 7 and millionaire by the age of 14, starting a business as a means to financial freedom is an old, but true story.

In his latest book “GET REAL, GET RICH: Conquer the 7 Lies Blocking You From Success,” Farrah shows everyone, even college students bumming money from parents, or working jobs to pay for tuition how they too can accomplish the financial success that has become the norm for him.

In “Get Real, Get Rich,” Farrah breaks down:

• How to work less and make more
• What to do when you’re not the next “American Idol”
• How to find your first dollar and turn it into millions 
• How to manipulate debt in wealth-building
• How to move beyond the lottery mentality
• How to use common sense, and put it into common practice
• How to invest in what you know

Farrah burst onto the public scene as an entrepreneurial “wonder kid” who began selling home-made products door-to-door as a youth. By age 8, he had become the co-founder of Chicago’s Urban Neighborhood Enterprise Economics (UNEEC), which preceded New Early Entrepreneur Wonders (NE2W), his flagship organization on Wall Street that educates at-risk youth in developing ways to “get-paid” legally.

By the age of 21, he’d been recognized by Ebony magazine as a business mogul and formed the Farrah Gray Foundation. His foundation provides scholarships for at-risk students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and community-based and inner city entrepreneurial education. 

A syndicated columnist with the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), a group of over 200 Black Newspapers with more than 15 million readers; Farrah also provides advice to millions of AOL subscribers as an AOL Money Coach. By the age of 23 he has solidly established himself as one of the leading voices on entrepreneurship and financial success for young people.