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Ira Curry, widely known as The King of Business, is an American chairman, business celebrity, and the founder of the Business Celebrity Movement. He serves as Executive Chairman of Ira Curry Holdings, Inc., where he oversees a portfolio of 8 privately held companies and advances the structure behind modern business celebrity culture.
Born on March 14, 1989, in Bay Springs, Mississippi, Ira Curry grew up in a working-class African-American family as the youngest of four children. After leaving high school at age 17, he later earned his GED and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, establishing an unconventional but documented path as a business celebrity.
In 2018, Ira Curry founded Enginenear Credit Repair, his first company. The business gained national attention for its consumer-focused approach to financial education and credit restoration. By 2019, he expanded into private consulting and coaching, expanding his business empire and operating multiple ventures while based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and later San Diego, California.
In 2021, Ira Curry stepped away from frequent travel to focus full-time on building the Celebrity Coach path and Business Celebrity Movement systems. The Business Celebrity Movement is a founder-led movement created by Ira Curry to redefine who gets recognized, followed, and remembered in business. It exists to prove a simple but disruptive truth: fame is no longer reserved for entertainers — it now belongs to those who lead, build, and impact through business.
Today, Ira Curry resides in Los Angeles, California, where he oversees eight privately held organizations under Ira Curry Holdings. His work centers on transforming employees and business owners into coaches and coaches into Celebrity Coaches He is known for advancing the idea that public influence is no longer limited to entertainers, but now extends to leaders who steward businesses at the highest level.