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Chris Gardner

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Christopher Paul Gardner (born February 9, 1954) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Gardner has received more than 9,149,768 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Chris Gardner is the 281st most popular businessperson (down from 176th in 2019), the 3,240th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,191st in 2019) and the 90th most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Chris Gardner ranks 281 out of 601. Before him are Henry E. Steinway, Theo Albrecht, Arthur D. Levinson, Bertha Krupp, Alfred P. Sloan, and Ramón Calderón. After him are Oleg Deripaska, Siegfried Bing, Paul Rusesabagina, Arnold Rothstein, Robert Monroe, and David Stern.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Chris Gardner ranks 116. Before him are Al Di Meola, Annie Sprinkle, Scott Bakula, Elvis Costello, Patty Hearst, and Dieter Müller. After him are Neil Tennant, Roberto Dinamite, Lee Chang-dong, Paul Rusesabagina, Bobby Sands, and David Lee Roth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chris Gardner ranks 3,240 out of 18,182. Before him are Horace Silver (1928), Warren Weaver (1894), Seymour Martin Lipset (1922), William Peter Blatty (1928), Alvin Hansen (1887), and Brenda Lee (1944). After him are Josh Hartnett (1978), Tia Carrere (1967), Anne McCaffrey (1926), Stone Cold Steve Austin (1964), Gene Amdahl (1922), and Peter Cetera (1944).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Chris Gardner ranks 90. Before him are Ivy Lee (1877), Bill Hewlett (1913), Rex Tillerson (1952), Douglas Tompkins (1943), Arthur D. Levinson (1950), and Alfred P. Sloan (1875). After him are Arnold Rothstein (1882), Robert Monroe (1915), David Stern (1942), Chuck Feeney (1931), Bruce Buck (1946), and Allen Klein (1931).

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