Awards & Winners

Chris Gardner

Date of Birth 09-February-1954
Place of Birth Milwaukee
(Wisconsin, United States of America, Area code 414)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Christopher Gardner, Christopher P. Gardner, Christopher Paul Gardner, Christopher Paul "Chris" Gardner
Profession Entrepreneur, Businessperson, Sailor, Stockbroker, Author, Philanthropist
Christopher Paul "Chris" Gardner is an American entrepreneur, investor, stockbroker, motivational speaker, author, and philanthropist who, during the early 1980s, struggled with homelessness while raising his toddler son, Christopher, Jr. Gardner's book of memoirs, The Pursuit of Happyness, was published in May 2006. As of 2012, he is CEO of his own stockbrokerage firm, Gardner Rich & Co, based in Chicago, Illinois, where he resides when he is not living in Toronto. Gardner credits his tenacity and success to the "spiritual genetics" handed down to him by his mother, Bettye Jean Triplett, née Gardner, and to the high expectations placed on him by his children, son Chris Jr. and daughter Jacintha. Gardner's personal struggle of establishing himself as a stockbroker while managing fatherhood and homelessness is portrayed in the 2006 motion picture The Pursuit of Happyness, directed by Gabriele Muccino, starring Will Smith.

Awards by Chris Gardner

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2010


Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional Start Where You Are: Life Lessons in Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

2007


NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Biography / Auto-biography
Honored for : The Pursuit of Happyness

Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Biography / Auto-biography The Pursuit of Happyness