Christopher Paul Gardner
Birth date
February 9, 1954
Place of birth
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Profession
Acting
Age
72 years
Biography
Christopher Paul Gardner is an American businessman and motivational speaker. During the early 1980s, Gardner struggled with homelessness while raising a toddler son. He became a stockbroker 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.
Also known as
Chris Gardner
