“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. 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.”

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“When he was a college student in 1997, David Kim developed a passion for tutoring kids. “[I saw] how they improved,” he says. “Being able to motivate them and relate to them, since I wasn’t that much older, I saw there was a niche for that type of mentoring and tutoring.” A Harvard student at the time, he launched a business and started hiring tutors.

Response to his tutoring service was so strong that in 2001, C2 Education started offering franchise opportunities to those who truly understand the company’s mission; to date, 40 of the company’s 112 locations are franchises. “We are dealing with the futures and the lives of the students–it’s not just a matter of being able to sell the program,” says Kim. “It’s important to be able to provide that follow-up service and really deliver on [our] promises.”

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“All it took was one vacation in Hawaii for Anne Pawsat-Dressler to know she wanted to move there for good. Initially, though, she had a hard time getting used to the laid-back Hawaiian lifestyle. “Everywhere you turn, it’s ‘Oh, sorry, that’s Hawaii style,’” she says. “I could see there was a real lack of high-end services in Hawaii,” especially in travel. Pawsat-Dressler sought to change that by launching Hawaii Hideaways in 2004.

Although Pawsat-Dressler already had a handful of clients through previous travel consulting work, she also faced skeptical homeowners who were hesitant to hand their multimillion-dollar estates over to a 24-year-old. “It was [like], ‘Here’s the challenge: They already think I don’t have what it takes, so I’ve only got one hour to win them over.’” Before long she built up her inventory of rentals and grew her brand as a leading provider of luxury vacations in Hawaii.”

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