Gerald Chamales
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Gerald "Jerry" Chamales, founded Rhinotek Computer Products[1] in his Venice, California studio apartment in 1979. Rhinotek combines direct telemarketing and internet sales with manufacturing and recycling of laser printer cartridges. Jerry was awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for business service[2] , and Rhinotek was named to Industry Week Magazine's list of the Top 25 U.S. Manufacturers.
Jerry has helped hundred of recovering alcoholics and drug addicts rebuild their lives. His efforts have been profiled on CNBC, ABC, NBC Nightly News and the O'Reilly Factor.[3] His work has also been profiled by Time Magazine, Success Magazine, Business Week, Fortune magazine and the front page of the Wall Street Journal.
In 2001 Jerry teamed with The Lewa Conservancy in Northern Kenya to help save the nearly extinct black rhino, hence the name Rhinotek. An estimated three-hundred-fifty of the Fortune 500 companies use Rhinotek products, and a portion of each sale goes directly to the Conservancy.[4]
In 2006 Jerry sold Rhinotek to a private equity firm and his Canadian recycling company to industry giant Okidata. He then founded Equity Value Group, a company specializing in investments and philanthropic causes. He also lectures on his experiences as an entrepreneur at the University of Southern California.
An advocate for the homeless, Jerry served as a board-member of the Midnight Mission in Los Angeles, a facility that provides food, shelter, clothing and other services to homeless men and women in the city's downtown area. Jerry was honored by the Mission for his contributions.[5] He has also been honored for his work in the recovery community by The Clare Foundation, and Friendly House an organization that provides sober living for recovering women.
Jerry lives in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles with Kathleen, his wife of twenty-five years. Their son is a college student in Chicago.
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- ^ Secretan, Lance H. K. (2004-04-12). Inspire!: what great leaders do. John Wiley and Sons. pp. 50–. ISBN 9780471648826. http://books.google.com/books?id=WiHV0i8dyzsC&pg=PA50. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ "Winners Announced for Los Angeles 2001 Ernst & Young Entreprenuer of the Year". Business Wire. 06/19. http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-structures/6145890-1.html. Retrieved June 19, 2001.
- ^ Tube, You. "Rags to Riches". Gadget Professor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5blQGuMVCg. Retrieved May 6, 2008.
- ^ "Newsletter No. 9". Lewa Wildlife Conservacy. March 2009. http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/pdf_files/127/1272101424.pdf.
- ^ Mission, The Midnight. "2009 Golden Heart Awards". www.midnightmission.com. http://www.midnightmission.org/story-goldenhearts.asp. Retrieved 2009.
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