User:Jamesgjackson

James Gerard "Jim" Jackson (born November 17, 1966) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. First introduced to commercial acting at the age of 24, Jim Jackson now lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. His stand-up comedy usually involves comedic circumstances of ordinary life.

Early life ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Jim Jackson was born in the San Fernando Valley, California. His father Roy Richard Jackson Jr. (1927-1996) was an electrical engineer for Rocketdyne (Canoga Park, CA) and the son of Irish immigrants. His mother Ingrid Patricia Jackson (born April 20, 1929) is a registered nurse and the daughter of Italian immigrants. Her father's family was from Parma, Italy.

Jackson grew up in Woodland Hills, CA. He attended St. Mels Elementary School and Crespi High School. He graduated with a Business Finance Degree from California State University at Northridge (CSUN). While attending CSUN he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) Fraternity. He was also Vice-President of Retail Sales for UFCW Local 770 in Los Angeles, CA for two years. During his tenure in Local 770, Jackson gave several speeches to unify the memebership. He used comedy and real life emotion to convince audiences to vote on issues he felt were important to building the Union's membership and influence. He was 20 years old at that time.

Buisnesses owned ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— After graduating from CSUN, Jackson started three thriving businesses:

GIFTCO (http://www.giftco.com), a promotional products company that specializes in stuffed animals, personalized clocks and sports balls. This company operates 200+ websites offering custom goods with pictures and pricing.

Jackson & Associates, an affiliate based marketing company that operates over 100 retail web sites that include Golf Mart (http://www.golfmart.com), Music Concerts (http://www.musicconcerts.com) and The Christian Store (http://www.thechristianstore.com).

LA County Land (http://www.lacountyland.com) is a real estate company that offers low-price vacant real estate in Northern Los Angeles County, Primarily Palmdale and Lancaster areas.