SUCCESS STORY: Myles Kovacs

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I saw this guy on Secret Millionaire the other night. I started checking around and found his website.

Myles Kovacs : Speaker & Entrepreneur

Here's a copy of his bio:

Myles Kovacs, 34, is a leading voice of the influential, trend-setting youth segment. Kovacs connects with young consumers through America’s influencers – entertainers, media, hot product designers and mainstream corporations. Creating a “DUB Revolution,†Kovacs has transformed the way businesses approach and succeed in reaching the youth market. And his cornerstone asset, DUB® Magazine, with a readership of over 9.5 million trendsetters per year, has spawned an entire culture. Kovacs has propelled DUB Publishing, Inc. and its family of companies into an annual $50 million-plus business. He partners with corporations such as Pepsi, Mattel, Procter & Gamble, Energizer, Chrysler LLC, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and General Motors, targeting the youth market and the “urban mindset†young adult culture, and building buzz through celebrity affiliation. Companies call on his leadership for products and innovations that connect with youth culture – arguably the most elusive demographic. Pepsi found Kovacs’ business sense so compelling that it partnered with him on the Pepsi Free Ride promotion. DUB Magazine became one of the few companies ever to be co-branded on the Pepsi Bottle. In fact, the DUB logo was branded on over 700 million bottles of Pepsi, Mountain Dew and Sierra Mist generating over 3.5 Billion impressions nationwide.
Newsweek awarded Kovacs as one of the nation’s “10 Big Thinkers for Big Business in the 21st Centuryâ€. He’s been featured as one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 25 Young Millionaires and The New York Times said, “When DUB talks, Detroit listens…†Even world-renowned David and Victoria Beckham had Myles and DUB Magazine design and build their personal customized vehicles when they came to America.
Born in a tough neighborhood of East Los Angeles, the Japanese-Hungarian Kovacs laid the groundwork for his distinctive publishing, music and automotive-styling enterprise. At 16, Kovacs began with a humble start working in an L.A. rim shop. At 18, he became a custom-wheel designer and began promoting nightclubs.
After a stint as a music producer, Kovacs co-owned an influential nightclub magazine that served as a vehicle for developing personal friendships with musical artists and celebrities. While watching an Alan Jackson Mercedes-Benz being auctioned on television, Kovacs began to realize how much value could be added to a vehicle simply by its association with a celebrity. Kovacs evolved that visionary moment into what is now DUB Magazine, which he founded with his partners in 1999.
In 2000, he expanded the value of the DUB brand by creating the most popular young-urban automotive custom car show and concert in the nation, DUB Magazine’s annual Custom Auto
Show and Concert Tour. Now, the 16-city tour features hundreds of DUB Edition vehicles and
top-name hip-hop performers, attracting nearly 1.6 million young adults and families since its inception.
Along with being a savvy marketer, he has personally designed more than 48 wheels currently on the market. Kovacs heads a collection of brands that includes Twenty Inches Strong™ (TIS), Dropstars™, and D20™, three of the world’s hottest automotive wheel brands. Kovacs, along with Pirelli Tire, used ingenuity to revolutionize the industry by creating the first production 30-inch wheel – the first set was sold to Bam Margera for $150,000.
Kovacs quickly realized that his design talent could be translated to the toy industry. He has created three lines of customized die-cast and remote control vehicles that are sold in outlets across the country, including Target, Wal-Mart and Toys “R†Us.
Kovacs has created one of America’s most-admired entrepreneurships. He melded his talent for automotive customization—especially his ability to turn wheels into works of high style, fashioned on a chrome canvas 20 inches or more—with his passion for music, shows and concerts.
With a passion for his community, Kovacs devotes considerable time to charitable organizations such as the Tony Hawk Foundation, the Magic Johnson Foundation, the Grammy Foundation, Inner City Games, and Hollenbeck Youth Center, which is situated just down the street from the block where he grew up. He is a national spokesman for Anheuser-Busch’s “Responsibility Matters†designated driver program. He is a member and consultant of the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA).
With his wife Cynthia and their two children, Kovacs lives in California spending any free time on his passion for motocross and classic cars.

Quite a story.:fastlane:

 

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[PL Dubber]

Nice find. I was just watching one of the episodes tonight. It wasn't this same guy...I don't think. The guy I watched today worked at a food shelter and at the end gave them 35,000$. Then at some other place for woman, also gave 35,000$ and the lady that ran the place, he gave her 10,000$. He went to a lady that was raising her son alone in a really small apartment and gave her 10,000$. I went online and tried finding out who he was..but I couldn't I really wish there was a website with all of the people that go on the show. What interested me was, he was giving away all this money..when he said he was a millionaire, I figured 1 or 2 million. You only need one million dollars to be a millionaire, but he told the mothere of that young boy that he was a owner of two successful businesses. I just wanted him to say what they were, I was so interested.

Good guy, I really respect the people that go on the show. To be honest, if I am ever in that situation, even if I don't have a million, but I have a lot of money. Instead of buying a nice set of wheels for my car or whatever I am looking at. I will definitely be sure to help out people who are in need and give it to them. He was talking about the feeling that he got from giving his money was like nothing else; in a way I can relate. No, I have never given away a large sum of money, but I have helped out people with a few bucks here and there. But the way I can relate is; I am 100% Polish, my grandparents live in Poland and last summer I went to visit. I brought a 60$ soccer ball with me, and the people in Poland are amazing. My grandparents live in a small town where everyone knows each other which is pretty cool. So all the kids there were amazed that I had this nice ball and what not. There was this one kid who was a really nice kid and I played soccer with him and the other kids there. Well, when someone has a ball...it is basically everyones ball, they ALWAYS share. So one day some of the kids borrowed the ball and ended up popping it. So when I was leaving to come back home, I gave the kid whos ball was popped, my 60$ ball..which I really really liked. It was my favorite ball and it had an awesome design and was quality. But giving the kid the ball, made me feel really good. It is easy for me to pick up another ball, and I knew he would share with the whole town.

 

[AndrewG]

Nice find. I was just watching one of the episodes tonight. It wasn't this same guy...I don't think. The guy I watched today worked at a food shelter and at the end gave them 35,000$. Then at some other place for woman, also gave 35,000$ and the lady that ran the place, he gave her 10,000$. He went to a lady that was raising her son alone in a really small apartment and gave her 10,000$. I went online and tried finding out who he was..but I couldn't I really wish there was a website with all of the people that go on the show. What interested me was, he was giving away all this money..when he said he was a millionaire, I figured 1 or 2 million. You only need one million dollars to be a millionaire, but he told the mothere of that young boy that he was a owner of two successful businesses. I just wanted him to say what they were, I was so interested.

He's Gurbaksh Chahal. I think he's worth about $100 million: Gurbaksh Chahal: Founder of BlueLithium, ClickAgents & Successful Award-Winning Entrepreneur - Gurbaksh Chahal

Here's the site with all the millionaires: FOX Broadcasting Company: SecretMillionaire

 

[MJ DeMarco]

He's Gurbaksh Chahal. I think he's worth about $100 million: Gurbaksh Chahal: Founder of BlueLithium, ClickAgents & Successful Award-Winning Entrepreneur - Gurbaksh Chahal

Young guys burning up the Fastlane!!! Great finds!

 

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[LightHouse]

Young guys burning up the Fastlane!!! Great finds!

Great section on entrepreneurial thoughts of his:

Gurbaksh Chahal » Entrepreneurial

 

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