Farrah Gray (born Farrakhan Khalid Muhammad; born September 9, 1984) is an American businessman, investor, author, columnist, and

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. Gray was raised on

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. He is the son of the late black nationalist leader

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. He began his entrepreneurial career at the age of six selling homemade lotion and hand-painted rocks door-to-door. He is

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Honors

* The Network Journal Under-Forty Class Award (2008) * The Urban Business Roundtable's Top 40 Game-Changers (2010) * Famous Black Entrepreneurs list (#5) * Trumpet Award (2010)

Books

References

External links

Official websiteCNN Up From a Past: African American Firsts" Farrah Gray featureABC 2020 America's Reallionaire Farrah Gray
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