Chris Gardner’s life collapsed — broke, abandoned, and raising his toddler son with no home. Nights were spent in train stations, church basements, even locked bathrooms. But Chris never gave up. He fought through an unpaid internship, outworked everyone, and turned hunger into fuel. That persistence gave him not just a job, but a future — eventually building his own firm and earning millions. His journey inspired the film The Pursuit of Happiness. Chris Gardner proved: you can lose everything…

Chris Gardner was a homeless single father trying to make a better life for his son when he had a chance encounter with a man in a red Ferrari that changed his life forever. This is his story. | Life Stories