We had the good fortune of connecting with Willie Mays and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Willie, what role has risk played in your life or career?
When it comes to my business, I’ve always viewed risk more like investment in me. The risks and investments are calculated based on my input, my drive, my passion. The more of those things that I put in, the lower the risk becomes. So I feel like I have a lot of control in the risk.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
The key for my success as an employee, business owner, and investor has been to utilize my strengths. I am very aware of my strengths. When I branched out to invest in myself, I invested in my strengths. I’ve always had an amazing strength to connect with people. So I’ve always had career roles and businesses that needed my strengths. That way, as an employee or business owner, I would be in demand.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
The city of Atlanta is such an amazing Gem of the South. There is so much history, as well as history being made. If I had someone visiting, I would take them to some of the Amazing restaurants here in Atlanta. We would have some soul food, Caribbean food, Peruvian food, just to name a few. I would take them on a tour to some of my favorite iconic places like Stone Mountain, Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta Botanical Gardens, and the great shopping in Buckhead.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I would like to dedicate my shout out to my family. My wife, Dr. Chiquita Mays, my daughters Jael, Jaidyn, Alexa, and Aliyah. Their resilience and tenacity to face life head on and win is so inspiring to me.

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