Lavan hawkins biography examples

1960—

Businessman, restaurateur

Few people have risen so far—or fallen so fast—as businessman and restaurant owner La-Van Hawkins.

Lavan hawkins biography examples

In 2003, Hawkins was on top of the world: born in the ghettos of Chicago, he had become the owner of more than 100 Pizza Hut franchises in Michigan and the owner-operator of one of Detroit's swankiest new eateries, Sweet Georgia Brown, and the sales of his company made his the twelfth largest black-owned business in the United States; he owned several homes, including a lavish mansion outside Atlanta, and was recognized throughout Detroit when he drove around in his convertible Bentley; and he was courted by local and national politicians.

In an adoring profile published in Ebony magazine in April of 2003, Hawkins crowed about his success, proclaiming "I'm proof that you can do anything. I've succeeded against all odds because I refused to be denied."

Barely one year later, Hawkins (along with ten othe