A 14 Year Old Millionaire Selling Stones

Suffering mother suffered from heart disease after struggling to earn money to support her family. Ferla Grey, an American boy, began to "start business" to support his family at the age of 6.

He first picked up stones in the streets, painted them as "town paper" and sold them from door to door, then began to form his own chamber of Commerce and started selling the biscuits and gift cards.

By the time he was 14 years old, Gray had pformed from a self-made poor boy to the youngest millionaire in the United States and a famous "business prodigy."

In 8 years, he has achieved many achievements that no one can achieve in his whole life.

Ferla Grey, who is only 21 years old, has updated his resume every day, and his assets are increasing every day, according to ABC's 20/20 program recently interviewed by Ferla Grey.

Ferla Grey's family history, 6 years old, began to make money to help make ends meet; 8 years old organized community chamber of Commerce; 12 year old company; 14 years old became a millionaire; at the age of 20, she taught how to become rich.

When Gray's mother refused to buy him a briefcase, he decided to use his lunch box as a gift to celebrate his self styled CEO.

"I have a red lunch box. When I went out, this is my briefcase, and I borrowed my brother's tie clip."

It is reported that Gray has started to "start a business" to help his family at the age of 6 because he saw the hard work of his single mother.

Because of the pressure of work and life, Gray's mother's heart disease recurred again and again.

Little Gray then told himself, "I want to improve the situation at home."

He said, "when I went to bed, my mother did not sleep. When I woke up, she had already got up."

Gray recalls, "so I was never sure whether she really had sleep or rest.

I really feel the sense of survival and struggle from these things.

Later, when my mother had a heart attack, I said, "I am sure I can do something to help her."

At the time of the year, 6 sold stones, and at that time many of the children who grew up in the poor areas of the United States were on the road of drug trafficking.

In the 70s of last century, a notorious drug trafficker Niki Barnes appeared in the black slums of New York.

Gray said, "if we go to drug trafficking, we may get some short-term benefits first, but we will end up in a hell of a dilemma.

I prefer bitter to sweet.

Since no one dared to hire the 6 year old child laborer, ambitious Gray chose to make use of the most accessible resources to start his own business, such as the stones that can be found everywhere in the street.

"I began to paint colors and designs on these big stones, and then I went door to door to sell my work.

I knocked loudly and shook hands with the people, saying, "Hello!

My name is Ferla Grey.

Would you like to buy this stone?

It can be used to make paper, press or door clip.

Those people often look at me suspiciously and say, "is this not the stone that was originally on the front of my house?"

I would explain, "yes.

But it looks different now. "

Gray said he learned early how to "explore" the alternative uses of ordinary objects. Stone is only one of them.

For example, when Gray's mother refused to buy him a briefcase, he decided to use his lunch box as a gift to celebrate his self styled CEO.

"I have a red lunch box. When I went out, this is my briefcase, and I borrowed my brother's tie clip."

At the age of 8, he founded a business association, Gray. Besides selling stones, he sold his homemade shower gel to his neighbors.

Gray, the grandmother of Audrey Price, recalls the little grandson and said, "Gray is a little man. He is not a little boy.

Once he was prepared to give a speech, and he said to everyone at the scene, "sit and listen to me," as if he were a professor.

At the age of 8, Gray established his own business association, called the urban neighborhood economic enterprise association. This is a community organization that encourages young people to start their own businesses. Most of them are children from poor families.

Gray managed to get some donations from local businessmen to spend on pportation and renting meetings, so that poor children could get together to learn business.

I was very nervous at that time, because I had to ask people to donate money at such a young age and face the reality of rejection.

Many people would say "no" to me.

They will close the gate in front of us.

But I managed to raise 15 thousand dollars, and I used a so-called "5 person strategy" - if you don't want to donate, please introduce more than 5 people who might donate money to us.

Gray and his small chamber of Commerce began to promote their business, including selling biscuits and gift cards.

To some extent, this is the first lesson he learned to start his own business.

His second lesson is another scene in another city.

A few years after becoming a millionaire at 14 years old, Gray's mother's heart disease became more and more serious.

Gray's brother, Andre, found a job that could enable his family to move to the western United States. This also brought a turning point for Gray.

In Las Vegas, he has a broader space to develop his entrepreneurial and communicative talents.

His previous entrepreneurial experience attracted the attention of the media. He also got a broadcast job - he was invited to host the talk show live in a local TV station.

Gray was only 12 years old, but he was able to speak in front of the audience.

His reputation began to grow, and some people began to make appointments to invite him to make speeches, which cost tens of thousands of dollars each time.

Gray grabbed these opportunities and made use of his best skills to make money.

When she was very young, she liked to play her hand when grandma was cooking. After seeing how she made fruit juice, he brainwashed and tried to make some unique fruit juice.

After reading the first book about marketing in his life, Gray started his own food company.

"I set up a food company step by step according to the introduction of each chapter in the book.

I used the stove to make syrup, pour it into the bottle, send it to the packer, and try to find someone familiar with the industry to guide me.

With this food company and some other assets, Green, 14, became a millionaire and created the legend of American business.

Gray said: "I don't have a suit in my closet below 1000 dollars, but I will invest in it in addition to spending money."

Gray's current interests include real estate brokers and business courses for young people.

Gray is also the publisher of the city magazine.

His head even appeared on a debit card.

In January 2005, Gray, 20, wrote a book based on his entrepreneurial experience.

It is reported that SONY film and television entertainment company has called Gray's advice, hoping to invest his story into a movie.

Gray was proud to display his personal status in the media interview last year. He said: "money can make me do many things that I couldn't do before.

Now I own my car, and I have real estate in Las Vegas and New York.

The watch I wear is worth 16 thousand dollars. "

Although Gray is so successful, he still has to race against time.

Gray's elder sister is suffering from leukemia. His latest goal is to save his sister's life.

Greg must have a bone marrow pplant, but her family's bone marrow types do not match her.

At present, Gray is organizing activities to mobilize African Americans for bone marrow registration.