The Road To Leadership

Finding a Life of Purpose... Ken Behring was the Man who had everything. In his rags-to riches story, he rose from Depression poverty in rural Wisconsin to the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans. He owned mansions, hundreds of rare classic cars, a jet plane and a football team. But something was missing. Join Ken Behring on his Journey of discovery, his travels on the road to leadership and purpose, from poor hospitals in Africa and Eastern Europe, to the battlefields of Afghanistan, to the great museums of the U.S. and China, to educational ventures-and now his mission to develop the next generation of world leaders. Learn how the gifts of learning and mobility can transform lives-of Ken, Young people and the Physically disabled- and how they could transform yours.

Kenneth E. Behring is a successful businessman, investor and philanthropist. Growing up poor in Wisconsin, he first earned money delivering newspapers, cutting lawns, caddying and, as a teenager, working in a lumberyard and in a retail store. After high school, he sold used cars and eventually opened his own new and used car dealerships. He was a millionaire at age 27. He moved to Florida and began a second career as a real estate developer. He founded and built Tamarac, Florida, and later moved to California, where he developed Blackhawk, one of the most exclusive residential communities in the U.S. He was also majority owner of the Seattle Seahawks from 1988 to 1997. After his success in business, he turned to philanthropy. He started a program to turn teachers into leaders in education; launched the Wheelchair Foundation and then the Global Health and Education Foundation, which promotes good health, museum and education programs and leadership development. He and his wife Pat live in Blackhawk, with their Children and grandchildren nearby.