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INTERVIEW WITH:
DR. GEORGE C. FRASER (DGF) PGMAG: Dr. Fraser, so good to have you on today’s interview with Lady Anita. DGF: Thank you, it is an honor to do this interview. And congratulations to Lady Anita for her servant leadership and Powerhouse Global Magazine. When we control our own narrative, media, and images the real stories of Black America can be told. Pgmag has clearly contributed to the empowerment of our people, thank you for that. PGMAG: Please briefly introduce yourself to our readers. DGF: All the things I’m about to say, I say with humility, I really don’t like talking about myself, but you asked, so here goes. Starting from humble beginnings I was born into a family of 8 boys and 3 girls in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, NY. My mother became mentally ill, so me and 5 of my siblings were orphans for 2 years then put into toxic foster care for 13 years. I graduated High School with a vocational diploma in carpentry because no one thought I was college material. My first real job was an award-winning floor mopper and bathroom cleaner at LaGuardia Airport. My core beliefs: It’s not how you start, its how you finish and how you do anything is how you do everything! Today I am Chairman and CEO of FraserNet, Inc., a company I founded 34 years ago to lead a global networking and economic development
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movement for people of African descent. My lifelong operating principle has been “Chase excellence, never chase money, and stay the course.” When you are excellent at whatever you choose to do you will not be able to get out of the way of opportunity and money. I spent nearly 20 years in leadership positions with Procter & Gamble, United Way and Ford Motor Company before starting my own business, FraserNet Inc. in 1987. I’ve written 6 best-selling books to include: Success Runs in Our Race, Click and most recently, Mission Unstoppable: Extraordinary Stories of Failure’s Blessings, a book I coauthored with Les Brown. Upscale Magazine
