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Chris Powell Biography

Birth Name:
Christopher Powell
Birth Place:
Mesa, Arizona, United States
Profession
Personal trainer, reality-show star

Fast Facts

  • Earned his private pilot's license at 17, and later got his commercial license and worked as a flight instructor
  • After an investment in a nutrition system didn't pan out in 2008, he found himself thousands of dollars in debt and forced to live out of his car
  • Over a 26-month period, he helped a man lose more than 400 pounds
  • A Mesa, Arizona, gang member carjacked his SUV, which was carrying his son Cash and the family nanny in September 2012
  • Both escaped unharmed
  • Is a regular contributor to Good Morning America, The Dr
  • Oz Show and Good Morning Arizona
  • Appears alongside his family in an ABC webisode series called Meet the Powell Pack
  • Has "my best friend" tattooed on his left ring finger in his wife's handwriting

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