There are people whose success stories it is possible to call phenomenal. They were not born in family of wealthy parents and did not inherit the grandfather's capital. The people who made themselves become real heroes of business. They inspire by the example millions of ordinary people on fight against destiny peripetias. Chris Gardner, whose figure in the world of business became already iconic, one of the few businessmen who managed to do a way from a doss house for homeless people to financial tops.
26 years of life of Chris Gardner passed as well as at millions of the African Americans living in the United States of America. He served in army, received the hospital attendant's profession, married, divorced, became the father. The meeting with the stockbroker Bob Bridges became a rotary point in life of the black American. A business suit and red Ferraris of the new acquaintance became the real inspiration for the modest manager on sale of medical equipment. From the moment of the meeting Chris Gardner decided to start a career of the broker. Bob Bridges became the first teacher of future businessman, given initial knowledge to Gardner concerning the world of finance.
Several months later after the fatal meeting, blows of fate began to pour on the head of the young broker one behind one. Bob Bridges, and with him and his protege — Chris Gardner — were fired from the company. Gardner's girlfriend together with their general son Christopher left the apartment, having taken away with herself all things, up to suits and the businessman's socks, and went to East coast. The young broker was imprisoned for a non-payment of parking coupons for the sum of $1200. However, the main events in Gardner's life were still ahead.
Soon the girlfriend returned to the unlucky businessman, but only to give him the son. Without money, work and even normal clothes, with the small child on hands, Chris Gardner began to wander on doss houses for the homeless. Having hardly got a job in broker office, he began to earn so scanty money there that they were not enough even for payment of housing. Therefore several long years passed at the father and the son in the constant movement — search of the place where it would be possible to spend night quietly. Parks, office sofa and even a public toilet at the station of the subway Bay Area (nowadays it is the real Mecca for Chris Gardner's admirers) became places of spending the night for two homeless. It is necessary to notice that employers and the broker's colleagues did not even guess what life he conducts together with the son.
Chris Gardner's affairs were on the mend only in 1987 when he made the small saved sums in own broker company Gardner Rich. The kitchen table in the small room became the first office furniture and also them with the son a family dining table. The great luck and considerable professional experience allowed Chris Gardner to conclude quickly the phenomenal bargain which price was $1000 000. The businessman at last could dare to buy red Ferrari which became for him a wellbeing symbol. 10 years later Gardner's company was already included into a top of the most successful futurersky organizations of the world. In 2006 the businessman sold the share in the company for the sum with 7 zero, and devoted the life to travel, charity and investments. Knowing from own experience that means to be the homeless, Chris Gardner spends a huge number of funds for the help to the disadvantaged today. Annually with its help thousands of people across all America find work and receive housing.
Having inspired by the fate of Chris Gardner who did a phenomenal way from the beggar in millionaires, the director Gabriele Mutschtschino shot the film In a Pursuit of Happiness where the role of the young businessman was played by Oscar-winning Will Smith in 2006.