High School Dropout Zillionaire

ChrisRoe
A high school drop out who today is worth more than a hundred million dollars. Gurbaksh Chahal is 26, single and living the American dream.
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  • naty_forty
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      naty_forty  
    • This man's story is amazing and definitely inspiring. His drive and perseverance make me feel ashamed of my laziness sometimes...

    • 2 years ago
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  • Amadorlover
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      Amadorlover  
    • This inspires me to follow my dreams. I'm a junior in high school. It doesn't mean that I'm going to drop out. But it gives me a boost of confidence to follow what I want the most. I know I probably won't be super rich. But if I follow my dream and what what I've got to do to get to where I want to get. I'll be happy. Nice video.

    • 3 years ago
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  • jrayg
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      jrayg  
    • Great job to the producer! This is a story of oppurtunity knocking. Many of us had the similar ideas but chose not to take action,I think his youth may have contributed to his motivation,often times we find ourselves loosing our ability to believe in dreams due to the pressures of the real world. If I remember correctly he dropped out of high school after the bank statements came in, it is doubtfull that any of us would do differently given the same set of circumstances,oh but all those bff we could make in high school. I found G to be a charming person though his living conditions seemed a bit sterile to really be enjoying the fruits of his labor. jrayg

    • 3 years ago
  • aquamammal
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      aquamammal  
    • For every highschool dropout success story, there are probably 2 million stories of failure, drug abuse, and fraud.

      Stay in school, learn something technical and learn to garden. I do think this dude is an inspiration, but he's one in a million, and I bet you he lost a lot of money this year. Advertising? On the internet? Capitalism is going to fail miserably. Start to understand real wealth is in the form of Calories, not imaginary paper money.

      XVX for life, R.A.S.H. 'til death.

    • 3 years ago
  • kayW
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  • aufdy
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      aufdy  
    • this video truley shows the inner power we all have inside us. its just harnessing it and turning into postive revenue for yourself and others. i know that this is something that i'm working toward and i hope other people can take inspiration from this.

    • 3 years ago
  • consultelaine
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      consultelaine  
    • While I am a BIG supporter of the "pursuit of higher education" these institutions prepares one for a career in corporate America, and as we can see from the state of our current economy, higher education does not guarantee success, they merely educate you.

      I am always so inspired when I hear stories of success achieved out of the pursuit of believing in one's self and not just the pursuit of a piece of paper.

    • 3 years ago
  • spyles9
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      spyles9  
    • consultelaine:

      Hmmmm....I would say that he was in pursuit of paper. Loads of minted paper. While I wouldn't belittle his accomplishment's lets not forget that he is part of the corporate machine and his contribution is more annoying pop up-AD's; Convinicing us to buy things that we don't want or need. Admirable? Or merely Consumerism at it's finest. I always viewed Current as a proponet of the little man, sort of like a digital grass roots community. Applauding mavericks of corporate ideologies belies that belief and reinforces the ideal of consupmtion as happiness.

    • 3 years ago
  • spyles9
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      spyles9  
    • I am an educator and would not consider this man a loser because he dropped out or "didn't conform". That most drop outs are not as succesful is a fact. The odds of a High School drop out being monetarily secure could be likened to winning the Mega-Millions. I don't think education is about conforming I believe it provides a basic framework for interacting with society as a whole; The fact that this man didn't continue public secondary education does not mean that he didn't continue to educate himself. I can assure you that he did and all of his managers and accountant, etc...I'll bet are all formally educated. This fellow would have been successful regardless of his high school leanings, but for the vast majority of people this is not the case.

    • 3 years ago
  • livejelly
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      livejelly  
    • Good presentation by Mr. ChrisRoe.

      Proud to see a great success story of GC making it with determination and persistance. --nvm

      Glad he didn't change his name to make things easier & stayed true to his values. Sexy reliability(SE)

      Badhai Ho. Mubaraaka. A wonderful American-Desish success of Mr. Chahal highlighted (tj)

      We have to buy this book as a gift to our blabber mouth to show that dreams can come true. (Brad)

      @LJ

    • 3 years ago
  • TabulaRasa
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      TabulaRasa  
    • I love hearing stories about making ideas come to reality, absolutely love it. This is an awesome story.
      I really wish I could make my ideas become materialized.

      G is an inspiration to me, to keep my mind thinking of the potential of an idea. Deuce Kudos

    • 3 years ago
  • Sentwali
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      Sentwali  
    • This is amazing. As an educator I can only marvel at G's resilience. We, as educators, usually consider this "drop out" a loser because he did not conform. However, he is a WINNER because he knew what he wanted and sought out his own path. Kudos "G"!

    • 3 years ago

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