FOX Reveals Their 'Secret Millionaires'
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
FOX recently came out in the open to reveal a new inspirational unscripted series which will debut on Wednesday, December 3 at 8pm. Titled Secret Millionaires, the new reality series will feature an internet mogul worth $300 million, a husband-and-wife team who own a multi-million dollar magazine-publishing business, a successful Southern California lawyer, an owner of a restaurant empire, a Baltimore socialite and former NFL cheerleader as well as a software inventor worth $50 million.
Read on to find out more about these Secret Millionaires.
These Secret Millionaires will be ditching their more-than-comfortable lifestyles to mingle with the less-fortunate and work alongside community members to help those in need. Eventually, they will decide who of their new-found friends, neighbors and co-workers will be worthy enough to be given a prize amounting to $100,000 from their very own pockets.
Joining the debut season of Secret Millionaires is Gurbaksh Chahal from San Jose California, a technology entrepreneur who left high school at the age of 16 to form Click Agents, an internet advertising company which he sold for $40 million just two years later. His next company, BlueLithium, was sold to Yahoo! for $300 million. He is now working on his third company and has written his memoir, titled "The Dream."
Todd and Gwen Graves hail from Baton Rouge, Los Angeles. Todd is the founder and CEO of Raising Cane’s, a quick-service restaurant chain that specializes in chicken fingers which has evolved into one of the fastest-growing restaurant concepts in the country with over 70 locations in 13 states. His wife, Gwen is a former McDonald’s franchisee who is now focusing on being a mother and is actively involved in the community.
Gregory R. Haerr from Salt Lake, Utah is an entrepreneur and businessman with interests in the computer software, land banking/development and aviation industries. He’s also the founder and and Chief Maintainer of the Microwindows Project. Acting as a sole owner of all his companies, he also invested his profits and formed several real estate ventures in land banking and development in the northwestern parts of the U.S.
Myles and Cynthia Kovacs from Los Angeles, California is the founder of DUB Magazine, the premier publication of custom-car culture with a readership of over 9.5 million trendsetters per year. Myles created the “DUB Revolution” and thus reinvented the way businesses advertised to the youth market. Dub Publishing soon flourished into a $50-million plus business.
Gregory Ruzicka from Newport Beach, California is the founding and managing partner of Ruzicka & Wallace, LLP, a law firm in Irvine, California. He is the principal broker of RS&W Realty, Inc. and an owner of Island Spirit Yoga Studio and Sportswear in Lahaina, Hawaii. He is also the General Counsel to Real Estate Owned Managers of California (REOMAC), the national trade organization of the non-performing asset industry and has worked there since 1995. His son, Cole is a college student who aspires to be a model and musician.
Molly Shattuck is a civic leader in Baltimore, Maryland, where she has worked on charitable efforts focusing on raising awareness and funding for the health, education and artistic development of disadvantaged inner-city youth. She previously served as the Corporate Center Director for Sylvan Learning Systems and as a Marketing Associate for Alex. Brown & Sons, Inc.
FOX’s Secret Millionaire debuts on December 3 at 8pm.
-Valerie Anne del Castillo, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: FOX
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