Chris King (born Thomas Christopher King, October 18, 1978) is an American entrepreneur and founder of Elevation Financial Group. King is also a board member of Grace Medical Home. He is currently a Democratic candidate for governor of Florida.
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Personal life
Chris King was born to David and Marilyn King. His father was a lawyer for the Fair Districts movement which worked to combat partisan gerrymandering in Florida by proving that the Florida constitution was violated by the state legislature when it redrew congressional and State Senate district lines.
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Career
King graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Religion, Politics and American Public Policy. He then received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Florida.
King currently serves as a board member of the non-profit Grace Medical Home which provides medical care to uninsured Floridians. He is also the chairman of The Elevation Foundation.
King founded the Elevation Scholars Program which works with the University of Central Florida and Orange County Public Schools to provide merit scholarships to students from Title I schools. King also developed the Elevation Global Initiative, which works on tree reforestation, fish farming and entrepreneurship training in Haiti and areas of Africa..
King founded Elevation Financial Group, LLC which specializes in real estate investment, property management and property renovation. The group launched six private equity funds. Currently, Elevation owns and operate assets in five states in the US.
Politics
King is currently a Democratic candidate in the 2018 Florida gubernatorial race. He is running against Gwen Graham; former Congresswoman and daughter of Governor Bob Graham, and Andrew Gillum; the Tallahassee Mayor. King is the first gubernatorial candidate to refuse to accept campaign contributions from the Florida sugar industry.
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Source of article : Wikipedia
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