Gary M. Stern

Gary M. Stern is a New York-based freelance writer who has written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fortune.com, CNN/Money and Reuters.  He collaborated on Minority Rules: Turn Your Ethnicity into a Competitive Edge (Harper Collins), a how-to guide for minorities and women to climb the corporate ladder. His latest book collaboration From Scrappy to Self-Made, written with Yonas Hagos, about his life as an Ethiopian immigrant coming to the United States, knowing two words, yes and no, opening one Dunkin’ Donuts 30 miles west of Chicago, and turning it into owning 47 restaurant franchises including 21 Smoothie Kings, 16 Dunkin’s and 6 Arby’s is just out from McGraw Hill.