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Chris Gardner

American businessman and motivational speaker

1954 - today

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His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Chris Gardner is the 96th most popular businessperson (up from 340th in 2024), the 1,098th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,932nd in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Businessperson.

Chris Gardner is most famous for his rags-to-riches life story, which he told in the memoir The Pursuit of Happyness. His experiences as a homeless single father who became a successful stockbroker inspired the 2006 film starring Will Smith.

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Chris Gardner climbed 25,769 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #35,339 to #9,578.

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Chris Gardner ranks #1,098 among 23,232 people in Pantheon born in United States, inside the top 5% of that group.

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Among Businesspeople

Among businesspeople, Chris Gardner ranks 96 out of 1,001. Before him are Li Ka-shing, Calouste Gulbenkian, Charles Koch, Jesse Livermore, Paul Reuter, and Mukesh Ambani. After him are Benjamin Guggenheim, Louis Vuitton, Piero Ferrari, Kris Jenner, Mark Zuckerberg, and Paul Allen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Chris Gardner ranks 33. Before him are Ray Liotta, Peter J. Ratcliffe, Stieg Larsson, Jeffrey Sachs, Gianna Nannini, and Jorge Jesus. After him are Velupillai Prabhakaran, Dennis Quaid, Annie Lennox, Ang Lee, Carlos Ghosn, and Condoleezza Rice.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chris Gardner ranks 1,098 out of 23,232. Before him are James Comey (1960), Jimmy Connors (1952), John Archibald Wheeler (1911), Gene Wilder (1933), Lee Radziwill (1933), and Kris Kristofferson (1936). After him are George Whipple (1878), Timothy McVeigh (1968), Robert Crippen (1937), Francis Peyton Rous (1879), Marla Maples (1963), and John Cassavetes (1929).

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Among Businesspeople In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Chris Gardner ranks 39. Before him are David Koch (1940), Ray Kroc (1902), Andrew Tate (1986), Stan Kroenke (1947), Charles Koch (1935), and Jesse Livermore (1877). After him are Benjamin Guggenheim (1865), Kris Jenner (1955), Mark Zuckerberg (1984), Paul Allen (1953), Steve Witkoff (1957), and Vincent J. McMahon (1914).

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