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Jun 22, 2022 · While still married to her, he began an affair with a dental student, Jackie Medina, who became pregnant with his son, Christopher Gardner Jr., born on January 28, 1981. Three years into his marriage, Gardner left Sherry to move in with Jackie.
Christopher Paul Gardner, Sr. (born February 9, 1954) is an American businessman and motivational speaker. During the early 1980s, Gardner struggled with homelessness while raising a toddler son. He became a stockbroker and eventually founded his own brokerage firm Gardner Rich & Co in 1987.
Mar 14, 2024 · Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner, son of Chris Gardner, has forged his own path in the business realm as the CEO of a fitness company and a public speaker. Raised in San Francisco, he pursued higher education at Johnson C. Smith University, fostering a keen interest in psychology.
He was married to Sherry Dyson, a Virginia native and an educational expert in mathematics, on June 18, 1977. They divorced in 1986. Gardner has two children: son Christopher Jarret and daughter Jacintha Darlene. Both were born with his longtime girlfriend Jackie Medina.
Jan 28, 1981 · Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner was born to Chris Gardner and Jackie Medina, on 28 January 1981. His character was played by Jaden Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness".
Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner. Year of Struggle. 1981. San Francisco, California, U.S. Meanwhile, none of Gardner's co-workers knew that he and his son were homeless in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco for nearly a year.
In the film version of “The Pursuit of Happyness,” Chris Gardner is depicted as having a wife who leaves him early in the story. However, in real life, Chris Gardner was never married to Jackie Medina, the mother of his only child Christopher.
