Enterprenuer- Grant Cardone

Grant Cardone is an American entrepreneur,

motivational speaker, real estate investor, sales
coach, and author. He is known for launching
10X Growth Conference, which is known to be the
world’s largest business and entrepreneur
conference.

Biography
Grant Cardone was born on Friday, March 21, 1958 in
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. In 1979, he
attended McNeese State University, Lake Charles,
Louisiana, to pursue a course in accounting and
graduated in 1983. He gained his Master‟s degree in
sales from Cardone University, Miami, Florida.

Net Worth
As of 2022, Grant Cardone‟s net worth is estimated
to be around $2.6 billion.
Earnings Per Year: $117,000,000

Family
His father‟s name is Curtis Cardone Sr., and his mother‟s
name is Concetta Cardone. He lost his father, who had a
sudden heart attack, at the age of ten. He is married to
Elena Cardone (nee Lyons), an actress and a model, since
2004.
Career
Entrepreneurship
After graduation, he did a few jobs but was fired from
them soon. He was suffering from drug addiction at that
time. After rehabilitation, he put his focus on sales and
began working as a salesperson at the age of 25. Talking
about it in an interview, he said,

“I hated sales but also hated my life. I especially hated

being broke, having dead-end jobs, and not being able
to pay the rent. I also wanted to be sure that I didn‟t use
drugs again. I had to channel all that into something. I
used work — the crummy sales job that nobody liked. I
decided I was going to get good at that job.”
At the age of 29, he started his first business, a
consulting company for the automobile industry. Talking
about his first business in an interview, he said,

“I began consulting manufacturers and car dealers in the

USA and Canada on how they could change their
processes to be more consumer-friendly, fast, profitable,
and effective with both customers and dealers. I still
have that company today. I had an idea of changing the
auto industry. And I think everybody could learn from
this too. I went up to the auto industry and had them
paying me to learn about this idea. They were essentially
investors without being investors.”
Soon, more people asked for more consulting sessions.
People paid him to just speak about business ideas. He
began traveling around countries and became a public
speaker. He gives speeches on sales, marketing,
branding, real estate, relationships, investments, wealth,
and more. In February 1989, he founded Grant Cardone
Enterprises, a company that provides tools for
individuals, salespeople, businesses, and executives to
improve and maximize their opportunities. In June 1990,
he founded Grant Cardone Sales Training University,
Miami, which offers training programs and courses on
prospecting, sales, negotiation, closing, money and
finances, and motivation.
In 2012, he made the single largest private acquisition in
Florida, consisting of 5 properties. Along with it, Grant has
worked with small and Fortune 500 companies, helping
them grow their sales. Some of the famous companies he
has worked with are Google, Sprint, Aflac, Toyota, GM, and
Ford.

In 2000, he turned author with his book „Control Without

Confrontation: Automotive Sales Program.‟ He wrote other
sales programs and books like Maximizing Every
Opportunity: Automotive Sales Program (2005), Selling:
The Secret to Success (2008), Sell To Survive (2008), and If
You‟re Not First, You‟re Last (2010). In 2011, he authored a
book titled „The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between
Success and Failure.‟ The best-seller book has a Spanish
edition and quotes and several summary versions.
His other successful book is „The Millionaire Booklet: How to
Get Super Rich‟ (2016), which has Hmong, Hebrew, and
Norwegian editions.

He later published other books such as Sell Or Be Sold: How

to Get Your Way in Business and in Life (2011), Closer‟s
Survival Guide (2011), Secrets of Selling (2014), Obsessed:
How to Demand Business Success and Get It (2014), How to
Create Wealth Investing in Real Estate (2018), Dominate Your
Market (2019), If You‟re Not First, You‟re Last LIB/e (2021),
and Be Obsessed Or Be Average LIB/e (2021).

Name- Raghav Garg

Class- IX-A

School- Saraswati Vidya Mandir

Submitted to- Mr. Sumit Sharma