Ephren W. Taylor

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Financial Visionary and Corporate Social Responsibility

Named by The Michigan Chronicle as one of 2007’s ten people making a global difference, Ephren Taylor is the youngest African-American CEO of any publicly traded company ever City Capital Corporation (stock symbol: CTCC). Described as “walking history” by popular radio show host Tom Joyner, Taylor started his first business venture at age 12, when he began making video games. By age 17, he built a multi-million dollar technology company; GoFerretGo.com.

In 2007, at City Capital Corporation, Ephren Taylor started the Goshen Energy initiative; which focuses on producing alternative energy specializing in biofuels. Ephren Taylor’s commitment to green energy is part of his concept of empowering local communities with both profitable and socially-conscious investing and development. Through his action on green energy and philanthropy, Taylor is leading a new wave of CEOs focusing on corporate social responsibility.

Ephren Taylor’s diverse business portfolio is quickly transforming him into a household name. He appears weekly on FOX News and has been featured on network shows such as ABC’s 20/20 and The Montel Williams Show. He also has regular appearances in print and radio media including PBS, Black Enterprise, and the Miami Herald.

Beyond his unprecedented accomplishments at an early age in business, Ephren Taylor is an author, inspirational speaker, and real estate mastermind. His first book, Creating Success from the Inside Out, is published by the world’s number one business publisher, Wiley. It is an Amazon and CEO Read best seller. The book serves as an exposé on the mindset of today’s multi-millionaires while it simultaneously defines success as not only attaining wealth, but how to utilize it.

In celebration of their 170th anniversary, Ephren Taylor completed a specialized curriculum for high school-aged aspiring entrepreneurs at Cheyney University, America’s oldest historically black college and university. After providing a donation to get the program started, The Ephren Taylor Entrepreneur Academy trained over 60 high school students in 2007 and 2008.

What Warren Buffet is for baby boomers, Ephren Taylor is for today’s generation X and Y a rapidly emerging premier financial expert.