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Jim Clark is an American Business Owner,
Author, and Philanthropist


Jim Clark is an American Business Owner, Author, and Philanthropist. He opened his first business when he was 11 years old. It was successful, it turned a profit. At age 18 he was the youngest salaried employee at General Foods Corporation. Clark is an expert in branding, sales, marketing, corporate development, corporate governance, and training.

Clark is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of the Clark Group of American Companies, the core company of which is Jim Clark Retirement TM, the Number One retirement planning firm of its kind in America.

Clark is the Founder, Chairman, CEO of J. Charles Clark Consulting, Inc., a consulting firm that provides consultation relative to corporate development.

Clark opened the first retirement planning office in America, he is recognized as the Father of the retirement planning industry. Clark’s lectures on retirement planning have been attended by thousands of professional retirement planners and consumers nationwide. His books and articles on retirement planning have been published in the United States, Canada, and Africa.  His radio and television broadcasts on retirement planning have reached millions of American homes. Clark created the Qualified Retirement Planner | QRPTM academic designation.

Clark is an internationally published author and award-winning romantic poet.  His flagship poem, “May I Dream?”, won the International Poetry Society’s coveted “Editor’s Choice Award”.  His books on retirement and estate planning have been heralded as powerful tomes in their capacity to communicate complicated topics in everyday language.

Clark is a newspaper columnist.  His newspaper-online column “Dear James | Relationship Keys for the Modern Woman” is a romance column for the modern woman.  He is a Member in Good Standing of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.

Clark is a radio and television producer.  His flagship television program, “Jim Clark PresentsTM”, consistently garners Nielsen ratings.  His radio broadcast, “Jim Clark LiveTM”, has been recognized for its broadcasting excellence.

Clark has been profiled in Success magazine as one of America’s leading “Comeback Success Stories”.  He is listed in “The National Registry of Who’s Who” and the “U.S. Registry’s Who’s Who among Outstanding Americans”.

Clark is an extreme athlete.  For leisure, he enjoys bodybuilding, running, cycling, cliff diving, climbing, swimming, traveling, reading, fine dining, symphony, theater, cooking, dancing, painting, and the study of Latin, literature, world history, quantum physics and the Declaration of Independence.  Clark is an accomplished musician, equestrian, outdoorsman, marksman, and archer.