John Hope Bryant

The Wealth Choice: Success Secrets of Black Millionaires

I am honored to be highlighted in a new book, which I am now encouraging you and others to go and get for your library -- THE WEALTH CHOICE, by my friend Professor Dennis Kimbro.

Professor Kimbro, who is also a HOPE Faculty Fellow, is walking, talking silver rights empowerment in action. Get the book, and share it with others who want to change their lives too.

 

John Hope Bryant is a thought leader, founder, chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE and Bryant Group Companies, Inc. Magazine/CEO READ bestselling business author of LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World (Jossey-Bass), the only African-American bestselling business author in America, and is chairman of the Subcommittee for the Under-Served and Community Empowerment for the U.S. President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability, for President Barack Obama.  Mr. Bryant is the co-founder of the Gallup-HOPE Index, the only national research poll on youth financial dignity and youth economic energy in the U.S. He is also a co-founder of Global Dignity with HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Professor Pekka Himanen of Finland. Global Dignity is affiliated with the Forum of Young Global Leaders and the World Economic Forum.  Mr. Bryant is a thought leader represented by the Bright Sight Group for public speaking. Mr. Bryant serves on the board of directors of Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (NYSE: ACRE), a specialty finance company that is managed by an affiliate of Ares Management LLC, a global alternative asset manager with approximately $59 billion in committed capital under management as of December 31, 2012. 

 

NBA Superstar and Businessman Dikembe Mutombo to Speak at the HOPE Global Financial Dignity Summit

Dikembe Mutombo

Founder
Dikembe Mutombo Foundation
WORKING GROUP SESSION LEADER, The Future of Philanthopy, CSR and CRA

We are deeply honored to have my friend, and dedicated global community leader DK, or Dikembe Mutombo, to serve as a prominent Session Leader at the upcoming HOPE Global Financial Dignity Summit, 2012.

Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo (born June 25, 1966), commonly referred to as Dikembe Mutombo, is a retired Congolese American professional basketball player who last played for the Houston Rockets of the NBA. He was the oldest player in the NBA at the time of his final season.^[2]

The 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m), 260-pound (120 kg; 19 st) center is commonly referred to as one of the greatest shot blockers and defensive players of all time, winning the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award four times.

On January 10, 2007, he surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the second most prolific shot blocker, in terms of career blocked shots, in NBA history, behind only Hakeem Olajuwon. He is a member of the Luba ethnic group and speaks English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Tshiluba, Swahili, Lingala and two other Central African varieties.^[3] In the second game of the first round of the 2009 NBA playoffs, Mutombo suffered a knee injury that kept him out for the remainder of the postseason. Soon after the injury, Mutombo announced he had played his last games in the NBA.^[4]

Dikembe Mutombo played for six NBA teams and is an accomplished businessman and philanthropist, with a history of living by example. 

In 1997, Mutombo with the Mutombo Foundation began plans to open a $29 million, 300-bed hospital on the outskirts of his hometown, the Congolese capital of Kinshasa. Ground was broken in 2001, and Mutombo personally donated $3.5 million toward the hospital's construction. 

On August 14, 2006, Dikembe donated $15 million to the completion of the hospital for its ceremonial opening on September 2, 2006. It was by then named Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital, for his late mother, who died of a stroke in 1997.

When it opened in February 2007, the $29 million facility became the first modern medical facility to be built in that area in nearly 40 years. His hospital is on a 12-acre (49,000 m²) site on the outskirts of Kinshasa in Masina, where about a quarter of the city's 7.5 million residents live in poverty. It is minutes from Kinshasa's airport and near a bustling open-air market. The hospital has full telemedicine capabilities with the United States and Europe through the network established by Medical Missions for Children.

Read his complete credentials below.

Dikembe Mutombo | HOPE Global Financial Dignity Summit.

John Hope Bryant Honored to Join the Board of Directors for Ares Capital's newly (NYSE Euronext) listed Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation

 

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I have stood on this platform many times before over the years; to ring the opening and closing bell at NYSE Euronext in celebrating the positive aspects of free enterprise and capitalism, and bringing critical attention to financial literacy in America.  But I have never actually stood right here, on this historic podium, as I participated in the actual birthing of a new publicly traded company.  Well, last week I had just that opportunity, as I took part in the listing of a new public company for which I now proudly serve on the board of directors -- Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (trading system ACRE).

The global Ares Capital and Ares Management family are both first class individuals, and a first class organization.  I am indeed proud and honored to be associated.  And now the work begins.

Okay, let's go...

 

John Hope Bryant is a thought leader, founder, chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE and Bryant Group Companies, Inc. Magazine/CEO READ bestselling business author of LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World (Jossey-Bass) the only African-American bestselling business author in America, and is chairman of the Subcommittee for the Under-Served and Community Empowerment for the U.S. President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability, for President Barack Obama.  Mr. Bryant is the co-founder of the Gallup-HOPE Index, the only national research poll on youth financial dignity and youth economic energy in the U.S. He is also a co-founder of Global Dignity with HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Professor Pekka Himanen of Finland. Global Dignity is affiliated with the Forum of Young Global Leaders and the World Economic Forum. 

 

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation lists IPO and Rings the NYSE Euronext Opening Bell

 

Today I was honored to join my friend and Ares Capital leader Michael Arougheti, along with Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation leaders John Bartling and Bruce Cohen, members of the management and IPO teams, and the board of directors, as Ares Commercial Real Estate Corportion made its debute as a publicly traded company on NYSE Euronext in New York City.  I am proud to now serve as a member of the founding public company board of directors for Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation.

On the occassion of the new listing, under ticker symbol ACRE, the senior team were given the opportunity to ring the NYSE Euronext opening bell. Making the morning even more special and memorable, one of Michael's sons actually rang the bell on behalf of the group, establishing himself as the youngest person known to have rang the bell at NYSE Euronext.

Commission Invites John Hope Bryant to Celebrate King Day 2012

Commission celebrates King 2012

By CLEVELAND TINKER
Special to the Guardian

Published: Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 3:26 p.m.

Last Modified: Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 3:26 p.m.

King Celebration 2012 in Alachua County will feature a man who has served as an adviser to the last three U.S. presidents as the keynote speaker at the 27th annual Hall of Fame Banquet.

John Hope Bryant, founder, chairman and CEO of Operation Hope, will be the keynote speaker at the Hall of Fame Banquet. It will be held at 6 p.m. Jan. 15, the actual birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at the Paramount Plaza Hotel at 2900 SW 13th St. Tickets are $65, and must be purchased by Tuesday from any member of the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of Florida Inc. or by calling 352-376-2442.

The theme of the King Celebration 2012 is "Civil Rights 50 Years Later: Remember, Celebrate, Act."

Read the complete article here.

 

 

 

Quincy Jones Quote of the Day

"Not once ounce of my self-worth is tied to your acceptance of me."

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Bryant Speaks on Love Leadership before Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Leadership Summit

Love Leadership: The New Way to Lead in a Fear Based World from operationhopedotorg on Vimeo.

 

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City features 'Love Leadership' and Operation HOPE founder John Hope Bryant

LEADERSHIP SUMMIT PRESENTATIONS

The Kansas City Fed hosted a free Leadership Summit on April 22, featuring four distinguished speakers. These diverse experts spoke about the role of leadership in today's corporate, economic, nonprofit and public sectors. Attendees included leaders in academia, banking, business, education, government and nonprofit fields.

Love Leadership: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World

John Hope Bryant, founder, chairman and CEO, Operation Hope and Bryant Group Companies Inc. Watch the full program video from the Kansas City Federal Reserve Leadership Summit here.

 

 

KAPLAN UNIVERSITY’S VISIONARY VOICES WEBINAR TO FEATURE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR AND PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR JOHN HOPE BRYANT

University to host leading advocate for National Financial Literacy Month

 

DAVENPORT, IA, April 8, 2011—Kaplan University, a leader in higher education innovation, will host a webinar on April 12^, from 7 – 8 p.m. (EST), featuring John Hope Bryant, a member of President Obama’s Council on Financial Capability; founder, chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE; and author of the best-selling book, Love Leadership.

Bryant, an authoritative advocate for the eradication of poverty in America, has been cited by the past five sitting U.S. presidents for his work to empower low-income communities across America. ew Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World (Jossey-Bass), is aimed at today’s new leaders and outlines Mr. Bryant’s five laws for love-based leadership.HisDoing well by doing good

• The five laws of love-based leadership
• What it means to be a philanthropic entrepreneur in today’s economic climateBryan’t His book, Love Leadership: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World outlines Bryant’s five laws for love-based leadership, including the role of financial literacy in transforming America’s competitive edge, doing well by doing good, lessons learned from serving as a U.S. presidential advisor, and what it means to be a philanthropic entrepreneur in today’s economic climate. 

Bryant Speaks for the Executive Forum this week on "The Future of Leadership in a Fear-Based World"

This week I will have a unique opportunity to stop for a moment, and spend several hours with established and emerging leaders in our nation, in Denver, Colorado, as I attempt to "unpack and reframe" the challenges of our present world, and what we might be able to do about it.  

In my remarks this week before the Executive Forum, at the Denver Center for Performing Arts, I plan to draw from my varied life experiences; coming from a state of homelessness, to where I am today, experiences and insights (and the honor of) serving as an advisor to governments and three U.S. Presidents, my invaluable experiences gained through my association with the Forum of Young Global Leaders and its parent organization the World Economic Forum, founding Operation HOPE, my business background, and last but not least my bestselling business book, LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World (Jossey-Bass).

I also look forward to visiting our Operation HOPE, Denver offices while in the city.  A special thank you to our local partners in Denver, including Bank of the West and US Bank.

For additional information on the Executive Forum event in Denver on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011, contact Ilya Monroe.