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1541 Ocean Avenue – Santa Monica, CA. 90401 US.
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Gary O. Shelton’s late maternal grandfather, Lexington E. Sanders, inspired him to be
an entrepreneur. Lexington and his brother, Eugene R. Sanders, were landowners in
the Jim Crow South, built and operated a funeral home, grocery store, and motel in
Monticello Georgia. They also built the community center which has done much
commendable work with the youth in Jasper County. Following are some of Gary’s
accomplishments:
an entrepreneur. Lexington and his brother, Eugene R. Sanders, were landowners in
the Jim Crow South, built and operated a funeral home, grocery store, and motel in
Monticello Georgia. They also built the community center which has done much
commendable work with the youth in Jasper County. Following are some of Gary’s
accomplishments:
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Driving4Dollars, LLC dba GOS Companies. Helps
entrepreneurs get their business set up the right way to meet lender and credit
issuer approval requirements, and provides access to working capital.
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO), GOS Realty Solutions. National wholesaler of
single-family residential, multifamily, and commercial real estate assets.
- Chief Operating Officer (COO), B3C Capital, LLC. Advises technology startup
founders on their equity rounds of funding . A social finance venture that bridges
corporate VCs, hedge funds & other institutional investors to help create a more
efficient startup capital market.
- Co-Founder, Near Infrared Imaging, Inc. a medical and biometric imaging device
business owned in part by UCLA, City University of New York, and Lawrence
Livermore National laboratories.
- CO-Founder, President, New Portal , consists of entire campaign teams to help
projects get funded and is also a social media platform that combines live radio,
mobile APPS, telemarketing, alternative funding programs, jobs, events, press
releases and more. The goal is to help entrepreneurs projects get funded and
reach 1 billion people.
- Raised over $5 million with crowdfunding for the first Obama/Biden Campaign.
- Acquired Source One Communications, a long distance reseller, merged with
Lightcom International, the only African-American owned facilities-based
telephone company in America, and grew revenue to over $70 million, providing
telephone service to the Department of Defense, the White House, and Camp
David.
- Co-Founder, Mortgage America and sold it to Ocwen Financial for over $5
million.
- Acquired E3 Engineering, and became a Tier 1 supplier to General Motors, Ford,
And Chrysler. Increased annual revenue from $8 million to $20 million in one
year.
- Developed Evergreen Estates Apartments (Renamed Renaissance VillageApartments) 350 units, Detroit Michigan.
- Provided investment advice and strategic planning consulting to The LewisCompany for the $1 billion acquisition of the Beatrice Companies.
- Provided strategic planning consulting to Don Barden the first African-American
to own a Las Vegas casino and the first to own a major cable TV franchise.
- Co-Founder, Teeze. Won contract to provide design, marketing, and fulfillment
services to the Michigan State Lottery. Negotiated licensing agreements with
Lamborghini and General Motors to design custom logo t shirts, caps, leather
jackets, polo shirts, sweat shirts, and pants. Then sold apparel to car dealership
service stores, Kmart, and Macy’s.
- While still in his twenties: investment advisor to the Detroit Police and Fire
Retirement System, a $1 billion pension fund.
- At age 21 Founded Global Health, a health food store and restaurant located in
Tucson Arizona and sold to European investors for $1.5 million.
- Member of the Harvest Institute and Strategic Advisor to Claude Anderson Ph.D.,
author of Black Labor White Wealth, and Powernomics
“Most entrepreneurs that I encounter are looking for an easy road to success, and don’t
have a strategic plan for achieving success. What do you want to achieve or avoid? The
answers to this question are objectives. How will you go about achieving your desired
results? The answer to this you can call strategy.” – William E. Rothschild
have a strategic plan for achieving success. What do you want to achieve or avoid? The
answers to this question are objectives. How will you go about achieving your desired
results? The answer to this you can call strategy.” – William E. Rothschild
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