Cord Newman

About Cord Newman

Cord Newman says his proudest achievements are his children who are the brightest and most decent youngsters that any parent would love to have as their own! This heartfelt sentiment is most poignant because reluctantly, he is often away from them traveling for work obligations as he has spent most of his life over the last thirty years owning a number of successful businesses.Back in 1986, while living on a sailboat in St. Thomas, he noticed a lack of ease in the disposal of trash from the other boaters in the Charlotte Amalia Harbor so he designed and engineered a refuse route. With his parents' assistance, he made fliers and took them around to all the live-a-board boats in the harbor. This was the beginning of Cord's first business.Cord's passion and vision for entrepreneurship continued to grow. His desire pushed him to find what is lacking in the world, setting his core purpose to make the world a better place.Before high school graduation he had moved more than thirty times; always being the new kid and many times arriving mid semester where classmates already had their "own" friends, so he constantly struggled to understand how to fit in, as well as learn what makes people feel and react in ways unbecoming of humanity. He was thirteen years old when a black kid reached out to be his friend. Cord's new buddy, was soon after killed, simply because of his friendship with a white boy. It is overwhelming when one's his close friend is shot and killed, being young it is beyond devastating, yet due to this sudden and tragic death, Cord's compassion for others deepened.Poignantly, even after Cord's parents moved to another state and started another new life in a predominately non-integrated school, he experienced much more of the same prejudices as he had in the greater populate urban or Hispanic schools. He discovered that no matter the location, race, or religion, it was usually the fear of "something different" that many times seemed to incite the negative reactions of others. This forced perspective, from often being the minority, was probably Cord's unique genesis of his very empathetic understanding and affinity for different cultures.Life continued to show Cord opportunities to love and learn from all that life had to offer. Leadership skills acquired from organized sports along with terrific parents who provided a formidable upbringing conferred the tools to embark on what God had in store for Cord's life as an adult.Always welcoming a challenge, Cord excelled in football through college then channeled his superior athletic abilities from physical sports on the field into stunts for the movies and television shows.In 1997, as an extra in the film Something About Marry, Cord saw a great opportunity. Within five hours of being on set, Cord was promoted to having speaking lines and his life took another leap of fate, changing him forever. The film bug had bitten Cord where he found a perfect avenue to express his creativity as well as fulfilling his charitable goals.Cord's film and television career, like his life, despite its many twist and turns, seemingly, consistently, pursued an uplifting, as well as enriching trajectory. Constantly challenging himself to climb the wisdom and experience ladder from stunt performer, then to coordinator, leading to his most appealing position, since his inception in the entertainment business, being behind camera.In 2008, he met his future wife while on location, in Thailand. The two fell in lov...

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