John E. Wade II

I was born in Decatur, Alabama, grew up in Georgia and Mississippi and have lived in New Orleans for many years. After high school, I attended the Air Force Academy for six months until I received an honorable medical discharge resulting from a severe case of meningitis and my first experience with bipolar disorder. Eventually I enrolled at the University of Georgia, where I received a BBA and MA, was named the most outstanding senior accounting student, and served as president of Beta Alpha Psi, the accounting honor society. I worked in accounting for nearly thirty years.

I began writing in 1998, and my first book-length work, Focus Investing, was purchased, but never published, because of changing market conditions. Still, I had discovered the joy of writing and have since produced many essays. Deep Within My Heart is a published book containing many of my earliest essays. My next book project was How to Achieve a Heaven on Earth, a collection of essays on the ten elements of which I conceived. I am especially proud of this work and hope it inspires humankind for generations. Additionally in 2012 Ronald Reagan’s Wisdom for the Twenty-First Century was published, which excerpts some of Reagan’s most insightful and articulate quotations from before, during and even after his presidency with commentary highlighting the ways in which Reagan’s wisdom is as relevant as ever. My most recent literary projects is The Bipolar Millionaire and the Operation, a memoir on my life which will be released this coming July.

In 2006, I founded the charity Soldiers of Love, which encourages and enables ordinary citizens to work toward a better world. Soldiers of Love partners with other charities with similar goals, both in the local New Orleans community and beyond. In 2011, I founded World10, Inc. through which I produced the television series and other works toward the goal of a Heaven on Earth.

I am passionate about travel and have visited China, India, Egypt, Israel, Syria, Jordan, Brazil, Argentina and much of Europe, Costa Rico, the Caribbean including Cuba as well as much of North America. I enjoy learning about other cultures and my travels inspire my writing and philanthropy. I am equally passinate about my adopted home town. I enjoy New Orleans’ unique food, architecture, and music, as well as Saints football games. I also cheer on the Bulldogs–The University of Georgia, which I attended, and Mississippi State Universty, where the Davis Wade Stadium was named after my father.