Daymond John Biography

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Rags-to-Riches Story of Daymond Garfield John. Daymond John is the only child of his parents. He was born February 23, 1969. His net worth back in 2016 was $250 million. John had wrote many books. He has two kids: Yasmeen and Destiny John, with his ex-wife. Heather Taras and Daymond John welcomed their child, Minka Jagger John. At the age of ten, his parents divorced each other. John went from middle class to poor, he had to become the man of the house and started to work. As a ‘hobby’ type of work, he would scrape off the paint of pencils and customize them by what the customer wants. Daymond was diagnosed by dyslexia in his early adult life in the early 1990’s. He had troubles of reading and writing. His ‘real’ job was working at Red Lobster. …show more content…
One, Beyond the Tank and Shark Tank. John has been on the television show Beyond the Tank for a year, 2015-2016. Beyond the Tank is a television show just like Shark Tank but different because the investor makes you work even harder to make profits/sales. Shark Tank is a show just to ‘pass’ the invention. Once ‘passed’ they go to Beyond the Tank to work hard and get them sales high. Daymond John has written three books that are known since 2007. The Brand Within: The Power of Branding from Birth to the Boardroom. In 2007, John had wrote Display of Power: How FUBU Changed the World of Fashion, Branding and Lifestyle. 2016, The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage. Upcoming in 2018, two more books. Rise and Grind:Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More. (like a sequel of the first) Rise and Grind: How to Out-perform, Out-work, and Out-hustle the Competition. These books, without reading them, sound like a life lesson of how to get through life and become someone. Someone, meaning anything you can dream of becoming. Just like Daymond John he grew up with dyslexia, without his father, Mom having to always work to live, and having to become a man at an early age. John got through all of it and became an entrepreneur. What can you

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