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How Gerard Adams Escaped Drugs and Bad Influences to Become a Millionaire The co-founder of Elite Daily goes home in the season finale of Leaders Create Leaders.

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On this episode of Leaders Create Leaders, Entrepreneur Network partner Gerard Adams returns to The River, an abandoned building in New Jersey where the cities of Belleville and Newark meet, to recount how he made the life-changing decision to break away from his friends and everything he knew to seek success.

Then, Adams talks about his non-profit start-up accelerator, FOWNDERS, and why he chose to build the accelerator not in Silicon Valley or New York, but In Newark, where it all started for him.

Watch the video to learn more.

See more episodes of Leaders Create Leaders Season 1 and 2 on Gerard Adam's YouTube channel.

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Gerard Adams

Entrepreneur, angel investor, self-made millionaire at 24

Gerard Adams is The Millennial Mentor™, inspiring the generation to leverage their passions for success and create the lifestyle they dream of. A serial entrepreneur, angel investor, self-made millionaire by the age of 24 and millennial himself, he is most popularly known as the co-founder of Elite Daily. To date, he has built, backed or invested in nine businesses across multiple industries that have all delivered over seven-figure profits. Gerard has recently developed a video series, Leaders Create Leaders, to offer a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. Learn more at GerardAdams.com

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