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Johnny RiversJohnny Rivers, an award-winning and internationally acclaimed entrepreneur whosemission focuses on developing local economies, creating social improvements, andpositively impacting global communities.For more than 35 years Johnny Rivers has served in the hospitality industry at thehighest levels including becoming Disney’s Hospitality Corporate Executive Chef in1980. Over his more than 25 years with Disney Rivers has opened more than 42hotel and entertainment complexes, 280 restaurants and 5 theme parks including,Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney-MGM Studios, Tokyo Disneyland, and Euro Disney.Johnny Rivers regularly consults with various hospitality companies in the UnitedStates, Europe, Africa, and Asia. He has also worked and partnered withorganizations such as Levy Brothers, Darden Group, American Dietetic Association,National Cancer Institute, Florida Hospital, Euro-American Advisors, Belz Group,OTG Management Group in OIA and JFK Airports.Mr. Rivers has been featured in newspapers and magazines including, Time,Redbook, and Southern Living among countless others. His voice has been heardon radio nationwide and he has appeared on many network television programssuch as Oprah, Good Morning America, Live with Regis and Kathy Lee, and TheToday Show with Bryant Gumble.His quest for knowledge led him to destinations on every continent. He worked inover 35 countries where he gained the respect of his peers worldwide. Rivers hasbeen involved in projects for current US President Barack Obama, former USPresidents Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Carter, and Ford, South African President NelsonMandela, royalty, dignitaries, countless celebrities, and top business executivesthroughout the world.Among Rivers’ prized collection of honors are the 2009 US CongressionalRecognition of Outstanding and Invaluable Service to the Community and the 2004Businessman of the Year recognition from former President of the US, George W.Bush. The epitome of his achievements is the honorable Doctorate Degreepresented to him by Johnson & Wales University in 1995.Empowerment has been the forefront of Rivers’ commitment in enhancing thecommunities he is present in. Apart from his current humanitarian effort in Africa, hehas twice co-chaired the Info World Summit in South Africa and participated in thefirst World Cooks Tour for Hunger in Johannesburg in 1993.As of today, Rivers heads Inglur, a company that owns a USDA Plant in CentralFlorida (USA), numerous restaurants, lounges, and retail outlets throughout the US,mining concessions in Africa, infrastructure improvement in Saudi Arabia, and hasan array of additional partnerships, development and consulting projectsinternationally. Along with these, his present humanitarian effort in Bas-Congo,Democratic Republic of Congo is attracting attention from neighboring regions andimproving the lives of local individuals and families. Johnny Rivers’ motto in life is,1