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A look at the life of a 20-year-old millionaire

Age 6 \n• Gray sold body lotion door-to-door for $1.50.

Age 7 \n• Gray carried a business card that read "21st Century CEO."

Age 8 \n• In Chicago, Gray started Urban Neighborhood Economic Enterprise Club.

Age 9 \n• Gray co-hosted the radio show "Backstage Live" in Las Vegas, reaching 12 million listeners every Saturday night.

Age 12 \n• Gray's nationwide speaking career commanded $5,000 to $10,000 per appearance.

Age 13 \n• Gray started Farr-Out Foods, a specialty foods company headquartered in New York.

Age 14 \n• Gray officially became a millionaire by hitting sales of $1.5 million for Farr-Out Foods, and he started New Early Entrepreneur Wonders Student Venture Fund.

Age 15 \n• Gray sold Farr-Out Foods for more than $1 million, started the Farrah Gray Foundation, was sent a special invitation to consult and oversee an entrepreneurial institute for The Minority Business Development Agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. He was elected as the youngest director ever to sit on any United Way board nationwide and served as the youngest board adviser for the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.

Age 16\n• Gray acquired INNERCITY Magazine from Inner City Broadcasting Corporation.

Age 17 \n• Gray financed a comedy show on the Las Vegas Strip.

Age 19 \n• Gray signed his "Reallionaire" book deal and became a contributing author to Chicken Soup for the African-American Soul.

Age 20\n• Gray, as a real estate investor, was elected as the youngest member to sit on the National Association of Real Estate Brokers, Inc. Region 15 board of directors and was the youngest member of the African American Leadership Roundtable invited by President Bush to the White House .

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