Leveling the playing field with Gary Leon

926 Gary Leon is a New York City native and self-made businessman. Stemming from a Haitian cultural background, His rigorous work ethic is a characteristic instilled from his mother. From an early onset, Mr. Leon decided to be an entrepreneur. His first project within the community started in 2006 in NY. I wanted to do something so I used the resources from my T-shirt business and was able to help give money directly to the family of a young man who was killed. Partnering with a successful celebrity and their website we were able to run a nationwide T-shirt campaign & directly impact his family financially. This inspired him to create The Cooperative Opportunity Project to provide opportunities to disenfranchised communities by bringing together small businesses and great projects. He used personal revenue to fund many of his initial projects. These programs consisted of business courses taught in group homes. Mentorships for high school students, summer camps designed to provide pathways to entrepreneurship, food drives, and Christmas giveaways. These are some examples of Gary’s hard work and dedication to uplift underserved communities. Gary founded this nonprofit in April of 2020. Since then he has been able to run over 6 successful programs nationwide during the pandemic. He continues to be the leading representative of the coined phrase, “Ordinary people doing extraordinary things”. ________ Want your customers to talk about you to their friends and family? That’s what we do! We get your customers to talk about you so that you get more referrals with video testimonials. Go to www.BusinessBros.biz to be a guest on the show or to find out more on how we can help you get more customers!