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Gary Whitehill is the Founder of The Relentless Foundation and New York Entrepreneur Week (NYEW), both of which reflect his entrepreneurial drive and relentless energy. This is his journey.

In the fifth grade, Gary already had a big goal – he wanted to attend college. In his world, football was how you got to college and getting educated was how you created a better future for yourself. But his dream had one major obstacle. His parents were too poor to buy him football cleats. It was at this moment in time that Gary realized if you really, really want something, you would have to tap into the drive within yourself to make it happen.

Determined to succeed, Gary bought candy from a local retailer, made some of his own, added his mark-up and sold it at school. That’s how, at the age of twelve, Gary began his quest as a driven and relentless entrepreneur. Just as he’d predicted, candy got him cleats, football got him to college, and a hard-earned education took Gary into the world of business.

But the most important life lesson he learned was simply this: Gary discovered how to channel his unstoppable drive and passion into opportunities that allowed him to achieve anything he wanted.

Today, Gary’s energy is devoted to helping driven entrepreneurs prove to themselves and to the world that they can achieve anything they want. He believes stopping at nothing to achieve everything is a mindset very few in this world share. Those who do are the movement makers of the world. In his unstoppable way, Gary makes it all happen by:

• Building powerful networks of passionate people
• Creating platforms that accelerate learning and growth
• Bringing people, ideas and opportunities together in an exponential way

Gary now focuses on The Relentless Foundation, a non-profit initiative built for catapulting entrepreneurship as a driving force in transforming education as well as local and global economies.

In 2009, The Relentless Foundation inspired the creation of New York Entrepreneur Week, an unprecedented gathering of entrepreneurs, from innovation-minded start-ups to multi-million dollar revenue generators who are given the chance to learn, connect and leverage opportunities to help drive economic change. The Entrepreneur Week movement continues to grow, with events planned in more US cities and around the world.

Additionally, Gary believes kids should have the ability to create the world they want, and that those who are driven to achieve must also be given tools such as entrepreneurship to learn, grow and express themselves. He supports people and companies invested in driving social and economic change.

Gary continues to inspire those with a relentless spirit who will stop at nothing to achieve anything what they want.

The Early Years

• Age 1: Performed backflips off crib as a hobby (true story)
• Age 6: Began football career
• Age 12: Founded first company
• Age 17: Filed first patent
• Age 20: Recognized as one of the top salon shoe salesman in America at Nordstrom
• Age 21: Realized “Corporate America” wasn’t the route to pursue
• Age 23: Moved to New York City having only been there once (5th grade) and not knowing a single soul

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