Daymond John was born in Brooklyn, New York, and he grew up in Hollis, Queens. After his father walked out when John was ten years old, his mother hustled, working two and three jobs at a time, but she could still barely cover expenses. There were months in the winter when they couldn’t turn the heat on. His urban clothing company, FUBU, grew to be a $6 billion brand. “We had everything,” says John, speaking at Forefront, the first large-scale live event of the I Will Teach You to Be Rich community in New York City. He had money, he had family. He loved what he was doing: Working for himself, traveling, partying with rappers, and living the good life. And yet, just as John achieved financial
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