Biography of George C. Fraser

George C. Fraser is Chairman and CEO of FraserNet, Inc., a company he founded some
20 years ago with the vision to lead a global networking movement that brings together diverse human resources to increase opportunities for people of African descent. He is considered by many to be a new voice for African Americans and one of the foremost authorities on economic development, networking and building effective relationships.

While George’s accomplishments are significant, his beginnings were very humble. He
was born in Brooklyn, NY into a family of 11 children (8 boys and 3 girls). When
George’s mom become mentally ill, George’s dad, a cab driver, couldn’t care for 11
children so George was orphaned at 4 and spent 14 years in foster homes. Growing up
on the streets of New York he had little hope and no expectations.

Although his guidance counselor suggested he drop out of high school, George
graduated from high school with a vocational diploma in woodworking because the
school system did not consider him college material. Thank God George felt
differently…for several years, he mopped floors on the midnight shift at LaGuardia
Airport, while he paid his way through college, and the rest is history.

Mr. Fraser went on to leadership positions with Procter & Gamble, the United Way, and
Ford Motor Company. It was some 20 years ago that God unveiled His real purpose for
George.

Mr. Fraser went on to author of two critically acclaimed books: Success Runs In Our
Race; The Complete Guide to Effective Networking in the African American Community
and Race For Success; The Ten Best Business Opportunities for Blacks In America.

Mr. Fraser is also the publisher of the award-winning SuccessGuide Worldwide: The
Networking Guide to Black Resources. He is the founder of the annual PowerNetworking
Conference, where thousands of Black professionals, business owners, and community
leaders gather to discuss and do business with each other.

Dr. Fraser is the Chairman of Phoenix Village Academy; which consists of three
afrocentric charter Schools that serves Cleveland and Akron inner city children. A
popular speaker and author, George C. Fraser’s inspiring talks on success principles,
effective networking, wealth creation, business ethics, and valuing diversity, are as
popular among corporate professionals as they are among college students.

His views have been solicited by media as diverse as CNN and the Wall Street Journal.
Over the past decade, the prestigious publication, Vital Speeches of the Day, has
selected, reprinted and distributed worldwide, five of Mr. Fraser’s speeches--a first for
any professional speaker in America, regardless of color.

UPSCALE magazine name him one of the “Top 50 power brokers in Black America”.
Black Enterprise Magazine called him “Black America’s #1 Networker” and featured him
on a cover issue. Personal growth “guru” Stephen Covey called Mr. Fraser a “masterful
teacher”.

TV host and journalist, Tony Brown called him a “visionary with the rare combination of leadership and management skills.” Mr. Fraser was featured in the New York Timesbestseller, Masters of Networking, along with Secretary, Colin Powell. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree of Humane Letters from Jarvis Christian College. Mr. Fraser has been married to Nora Jean for nearly 34 years. They have two sons, Kyle and Scott.

Ten Interesting Facts About George Fraser

1) One of 11 children, sent to an orphanage at 4 years old, raised in foster homes on the streets of New York, earned vocational high school diploma in woodworking because no one believed he was college material.

2) George is in the Guinness Book of World Records for coordinating the worlds largest (1.4 million) balloon release for United Way of Cleveland on Sept. 27, 1986.

3) Built a global network of 35,000 people, which meets annually during a 4-day global conference entitled PowerNetworking. It is the largest networking event in America, now in its seventh year.

4) With his bestselling book Success Runs In Our Race; The Complete Guide to Effective Networking in Black America he started the networking movement in Black America.

5) In 1994 he failed to cash in on the dot com revolution by ignoring a chance to invest and support a company owned by close personal friends that sold for $21 billion in March of 2000. So much for the “vision thing”.

6) He’s been awarded 15 keys to cities, won over 200 awards and citations for leadership, personal excellence and teambuilding to include 4 covers of major magazines, an Honorary Doctorate degree and the United Negro College Fund National Volunteer of the Year Award.

7) He’s the author of two critically acclaimed best sellers and the only professional speaker to have 5 of his speeches selected to be published and distributed worldwide by Vital Speeches of the Day: The Best Thought of the Best Minds on Current National Issues.

8) Spent 17 years in leadership positions with Procter & Gamble, United Way and Ford Motor Company, all of which added great value to his growth and invested in his social entrepreneurial dream of starting a global networking movement.

9) Happily married for 34 years. Raised two wonderful sons, Kyle and Scott.

10) Has built a leading edge business that has positioned him as a internationally renowned diversity and economic development expert, networking guru and highly sought after speaker. Mr. Fraser consults with leaders of major global corporations. He has read 75 books a year for the past 25 years.