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Randy Paul Gage is an American author,  businessman, and motivational speaker,   who writes self-help books and lectures on the subjects of success and prosperity. He is the writer of the New York Times Best Seller ''Risky is the New Safe: The Rules Have Changed... and How to Build a Multi-level Money Machine: The Science of Network Marketing.''

Gage is a member of National Speakers Association (NSA). He was inducted into NSA's Council of Peers Award for Excellence (CPAE) Speaker Hall of Fame and he won NSA's Nido Qubein Philanthropist of the Year Award.

Biography
Born and raised by his mother in Madison, Wisconsin, after being charged with armed robbery at age 15 to fund a drugs deal, he was expelled from Madison West High School and served time in juvenile jail. Released on probation in 1975, he moved to Miami, Florida and worked as a dishwasher in a Pancake house on minimum wage,   becoming a manager of one at the age of 16. At the age of 20, whilst managing Howard Johnson's restaurants, he started in the network marketing industry with Amway. By age 30, he had bought his second franchised pizza restaurant, but after it failed at the corporate level he was left heavily in debt.

Gage started reading and studying the subject of prosperity, and began writing self-help books on the subject from 1990. After rising to the top of MLM company MegaTrend through building his circles, and becoming a millionaire at age 35, he left the network marketing industry for five years to focus on coaching and writing. After forming the coaching and training business "Gage Research & Development Institute, Inc." (GR&DI) in 1991, in March 1996 he released the audio coaching programme How to Earn at Least $100,000 a Year in Network Marketing. In 2001, he published How to Build a Multi-level Money Machine: The Science of Network Marketing, considered by many to be the seminal textbook to success in the network marketing business. An article published in March 2013 by Forbes featured Gage's most disruptive marketing trends of 2013 that if maneuvered wisely can create lucrative opportunities.

Gage has since written over 10 books, including the John Wiley & Sons published 2012 best seller Risky is the New Safe. He has also authored a series of self-help programmes and materials, releasing over 50 resources which have been translated into more than 15 languages. As well as coaching around the core subject of prosperity, Gage also lectures globally. Gage is the former Chairman of the Advisory Board at Agel Enterprises. A report about his book, Why You're Dumb, Sick and Broke...And How to Get Smart, Healthy and Rich!, says that "Gage asserts [in the book] that many of us have prejudices about wealth and false beliefs about success that are holding us back."

A member of the National Speakers Association (NSA), in July 2013 he was inducted into the NSA's Council of Peers Award for Excellence (CPAE) Speaker Hall of Fame, and at the same event won NSA's Nido Qubein Philanthropist of the Year Award.

Gage resides in San Diego, California having lived in the Miami metropolitan area of Florida until 2013. He plays softball, enjoys driving his cars, collects comics - especially the The Savage Sword of Conan series - and watches Project Runway because he loves fashion. After being shot in Miami in 2000, Gage is a philanthropic and activist speaker/supporter of Shawne Duperon's Project: Forgive.