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Ephren W. Taylor II is the CEO of a publicly-traded company in the United States[1].

[edit] Early life

Ephren W. Taylor II was born July 17, 1982 in Carlisle,[disambiguation needed] Mississippi, a town with a population of around 300 people. After his father completed college, his job took the family to several other areas of the country, eventually settling in Overland Park Kansas, outside of Kansas City Missouri.

Learning computer programming at the local library after school, Taylor started his first business venture at age 12, when he began making 3D videogames and selling them to his friends in school for $10 a copy. He sold over 100 copies of the game.

Recently, Taylor was named by The Michigan Chronicle as one of 2007’s ten people making a global difference. Taylor has been described as “walking history” by popular radio show host Tom Joyner.

In 2007, at City Capital Corporation, 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 CEO’s focusing on corporate social responsibility.

Taylor’s diverse business portfolio is quickly transforming him into a household name. He appears weekly on FOX News and has been featured on network shows such as ABC’s 20/20 and Montel Williams show. He also has regular appearances in print and radio media including PBS, Black Enterprise, and the Miami Herald.

Beyond his unprecedented accomplishments at an early age in business, Taylor is an author, inspirational speaker, and real estate mastermind. His first book, “Creating Success from the Inside Out”, is published by the world’s number one business publisher, Wiley and is an Amazon and CEO Read best seller. The book serves as an expose of the mindset of today’s multi-millionaires while defining success as not only attaining wealth, but how to utilize it.

In celebration of their 170th anniversary, Taylor completed a specialized curriculum for high school-aged aspiring entrepreneurs at Cheyney University, America’s oldest historically black college and university. After providing a donation to get the program started, The Ephren Taylor Entrepreneur Academy opened in July 2007.

[edit] Business Dealings

Ephren Taylor became CEO of City Capital Corporation (traded under CTCC) in 2006. City Capital Corporation's interests include large-scale real estate developments in several states, as well as producing oil and natural gas wells. The company has a focused, socially-conscious mission, returning a significant amount of its profits to the local communities it partners with.

City Capital Corporation http://www.citycapitalcorp.net/ Personal web site for his book http://www.createthesuccess.com

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