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Brian Watson (born October 28, 1971, Middletown, New York) is an American entrepreneur and political activist. He is best known for running as the Republican candidate from Greenwood Village, Colorado in the 2012 election for Colorado House of Representatives District 3.

Life
Watson graduated from Olathe High School on the Western Slope of Colorado. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in real estate at the University of Colorado Boulder and then joined Cushman & Wakefield of Colorado, Inc (C&W), an international commercial real estate firm. Watson is the founder of Opportunity Coalition, a nonprofit social welfare organization pursuant to IRC 501(c)(4). The organization promotes and facilitates a business friendly culture for free market, entrepreneurship, and collaboration. It also created the Mountains of Opportunity TV show series hosted by Watson. The show highlights the real-life stories of Colorado’s entrepreneurs, innovators and job creators.

For his contributions to community development, he has been interviewed by several local radio and television stations.

Watson lives in Greenwood Village with his wife and two children.

Political career
Watson ran for Colorado House of Representatives District 3 in the 2012 elections. He first ran unopposed in the Republican primary on June 26, 2012 but was defeated by incumbent Daniel Kagan, a democrat, in the general election on November 6, 2012.

Business career
Watson was a manager and director at Cushman & Wakefield. In 2000, he founded Northstar Commercial Partners, a commercial real estate investment company in Denver, Colorado.

In October 2014, Watson founded the "Education Opportunity Fund", a $100 million charter school facility fund

In the Spring of 2017, he published “The 7 rings”, a book for making life balance a reality. Watson was also recently named member of the “Leadership Program of the Rockies”' board of directors.