FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
www.jcu.edu
Contact: Tonya Strong-Charles
               216.397.1958
   tstrong@jcu.edu

****MEDIA ALERT****
The Office of Multicultural Affairs at John Carroll University presents:

Ephren Taylor II
CEO- City Capital Corporation
“A Walking Piece of History”

Wednesday, February 20, 2008
7 p.m.
Dolan Center for Science and Technology / Donahue Auditorium
This event is free and open to the public.

Ephren W. Taylor II, 25, the youngest African-American CEO of a publicly traded company.  He made his first million at age 17.

{He started his first business at age 12.}

At City Capital Corporation, Taylor oversees millions in assets, serving a diverse client list ranging from Wall Street investors, top executives, professional athletes and even entertainment icons. Recently, Taylor launched a 25-city “Urban Wealth Tour” promoting economic empowerment, affordable housing and entrepreneurship in urban communities. A true “wealth engineer,” Taylor is rapidly emerging for generation X and Y what Warren Buffet is for baby boomers; the premier financial expert for a generation.

City Capital Corporation is engaged in leveraging investments, holdings and other assets building value for investors and shareholders creating positive change and self-sufficiency for communities around the country and the world. City Capital currently manages diverse assets and holdings including real estate developments, such as the Kansas City (Missouri) Historic Jazz District redevelopment; buying, selling and drilling of oil and gas properties, and more. Capital City buys and renovates distressed properties in multiple industry segments and resells them at a profit.

The 2007-2008 Dr. Shirley S. Seaton Cultural Awareness Series, sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs.

Office of Multicultural Affairs
216.397.4185
oma@jcu.edu

John Carroll University, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a liberal arts university grounded in the Jesuit, Catholic tradition.  The university has some 3,100 plus undergraduates and just over 700 graduate students.  The U.S. News & World Report’s 2007 annual college guide ranks John Carroll University among the top 10 master’s-degree granting universities in the Midwest and first in average graduation rate. Originally founded as St. Ignatius College in 1886, the university was renamed in 1923 to honor America’s first Catholic bishop, John Carroll of Maryland.  John Carroll is one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities located in the United States.

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