Entrepreneur and public speaker Arthur Wylie, who made his first million by 26, conquered the worlds of finance and real estate with $100 million in deals brokered and more than half a billion in assets and transactions. After he succeeded in wealth management and a host of other businesses, Wylie set out on his most daring venture yet-tackling the film industry.

The Arthur Wylie brand is one of the hottest celebrity entrepreneur brands in the country. His ventures started out of his dorm room, and he built a million-dollar business in his 20s. Wylie is the founder and CEO of the Arthur Wylie Enterprises brand, which has overseen 1,200 clients and $750 million in assets, transactions, insurance, intellectual properties, and real estate over the past 17 years.

Arthur holds a bachelor's degree in Financial Management from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and has been a licensed securities principal for some of the top investment companies in the world. Arthur is also CEO of Global Renaissance Entertainment Holdings, where his duties range from capital raising, film production oversight, distribution, marketing, and working with some of Hollywood's top producers with over $9 billion in box office sales. Arthur lives bi-coastal in Charlotte, NC and Hollywood. He recently launched the Wylie Initiative for the Study of Entrepreneurship (W.I.S.E) and the Arthur Wylie Foundation to help develop the next wave of you aspiring entrepreneurs through scholarships and educational programs.

Brian Nicol is an award-winning writer, editor, and publisher. He is the former editor of Honolulu, the city and regional magazine of Hawaii. He has also served as editorial director of Aster Publishing Corp. and CEO of Home & Away Publishing, a AAA-owned media company that produces travel magazines with a combined circulation of more than 5.5 million.