Autor/-in: Russell L Goings

Russell Goings has a BA from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He studied writing at Fairfield University and the 92nd Street Y. Before he took up writing fifteen years ago, he was a professional football player; the first African American brokerage manager for a New York Stock Exchange Member firm; the first owner of an African American firm to man - age assets for Fortune 500 companies; the first African American chairman of the Studio Museum in Harlem; and founder and chairman for Essence. magazine. An inductee into the Wall Street Hall of Fame, Goings. has also been featured in the New York Times. , Newsweek. , and Black Enterprise. magazine. He lives with his wife in New York City.