Chris Gardner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Chris Gardner

Entrepreneur, Brokerage specialist

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1954

Place of Birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Profession: writer, businessperson, financier, stockbroker, motivational speaker

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Christopher Paul Gardner (born February 9, 1954) is an American businessman and motivational speaker.
During the early 1980s, Gardner struggled with homelessness while raising a toddler son.
He became a stock broker 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.
That book was made into the motion picture The Pursuit of Happyness starring Will Smith.