YNS Live with NFL Thread Pivot Devon Kennard

Listen to a new episode of PIVOT, a show brought to you by YNS Live with NFL Thread recorded live on Fireside with hosts Juliet Hahn and Cynthia Zordich featuring special guest Devon Kennard.

Devon Kennard is an NFL linebacker (9th season), RE investor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He earned both his Bachelor and Master's degrees in Communication Management in four and a half years at USC. Devon is a mentor and advocate for elevating personal financial well‐being and building generational wealth through passive income strategies, informed by his own work in building a real estate portfolio of over 50 income‐generating properties throughout the US. His investments include single‐family and multifamily properties as well as real estate syndication investments ranging from residential properties, storage facilities, hotels, senior living centers, and industrial properties. Devon provides financial guidance to NFL players including through the NFL Players Association, as well as via his philanthropic and charitable work promoting youth education and financial literacy, which earned him a landslide nomination for the 2019 Walter Payton Man of the Year Award.

Devon utilizes his platform to cultivate a community of those who together want to grow personally, financially. To further this purpose, he founded the Reading With DK Reading Club and Reading With Dk Reading Program which has been operating for 5 successful years. The Reading with DK Reading Club invites all to participate and is held on social media. The Reading with DK Reading Program delivers a focused reading experience in‐person to youth within the community over the course of about a month. Kennard is an Educator and Advisor for the World of Money, a New York‐based organization that empowers youth with a solid financial education (since 2021). He is also a core Speaker for the Greattly Gives "Greattly Increase" program which equips students with critical life‐based education – including financial education and personal and career development ‐ to set students up for success. He founded the Midnight Golf Program (in Detroit) and Devon Kennard Scholarship Fund to support high school students with college applications, preparations, and funds to realize their college dreams. This April was the release of Devon's book, "It All Adds Up: Designing Your Game Plan for Financial Success." It was selected for the Apple Books list of the Most Anticipated Books of 2023. He hopes it will be a resource for many to realize financial freedom (publisher HarperCollins Leadership).

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You can find Devon on his Website and check out his Book.

 

Remarkable Quotes

 

"I always had that mindset of wanting to make sure that I'm in position to live life on my terms, long after I retire and not be some of the horror stories you hear about."

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