After a stellar 17-year career at Southwestern Advantage, Sam felt young people – particularly in the cities – needed to be reached at a younger age to put them on the right path in life. He founded Youth About Business in 1992, creating one of the most innovative leadership training programs to help expose young people to options in business and industry. It was founded as a project of Creating an Environment of Success (CES), a Tennessee based 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation.YAB began with only seven student participants as an entrepreneurial training program to prepare students with all the mechanics of how to successfully run a business. Sam’s dedication to Youth About Business eventually led to the development of its cornerstone program, the Youth About Business Summer Business Camp, in 1999. The Summer Business Camp has become the national component that serves as the entry point into Youth About Business. YAB currently operates its in-person programming in Tennessee, New York, Illinois, Georgia and Texas. Since the founding of Youth About Business, more than 8,000 students have participated in one or more of its educational components.https://www.instagram.com/youthaboutbusiness